Overview
- White Knight Corps confirmed the death of Havildar Gajendra Singh of the Special Forces during the ongoing counter-terror operation in the Chhatru belt.
- Eight soldiers were injured, several with splinter wounds from grenade blasts, with some airlifted for treatment after Sunday’s firefight.
- Contact was first made on Sunday in the Sonnar/Son Nar area near Chhatru during a joint Army–J&K Police search targeting 2–3 suspected foreign JeM militants who opened fire and hurled grenades.
- After a night halt due to difficult, densely forested terrain, the multi-agency search resumed at first light with reinforcements, aerial surveillance, and sniffer dogs maintaining a reinforced cordon.
- Officials told News18 that a JeM-linked hideout was busted in the Singhpora area, while security agencies continue the broader winter campaign that has seen multiple January encounters in the Jammu region.