Srinagar: 9 Ankit Kumar of 9 Bihar Regiment was killed in the early hours of Wednesday, while fighting armed intruders near LoC in Uri area of Baramulla district of North Kashmir – the third army’s ambush in anti -terrorism operations in five days increases the death of death from 17 in J&K.15 core of the army, or Chiner Corps confirmed the death of 35 -year -old Kumar on social media, and expressed “deep condolences” to the bereaved family.Sources said the infiltration bid was thwarted, but the intruders exploited poor visibility and monsoon rains to retreat in PoK. This was the first such attempt in Uri after Operation Sindoor in early May when heavy Pakistani firing and shelling died on April 22 after the PoKam massacre and 22 people died after the destruction of terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan, most of them were tourists.Luv Puri, an anti -terrorism officer of the United Nations and former Kashmir analyst Luv Puri, said, “It is clear that the old pattern of infiltration supported by Pakistan will continue.” “In the current climate where the engagement of US-Pakistan is being discussed afresh, the purpose of infiltration attempt indicates that nothing has changed and transferring geopolitical winds can only hug them to make this point.”Uri Clash came a day after the army became invasive in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, where two soldiers-lung Naik Pritpal Singh and 19 Rashtri Rifles soldier Harminder Singh-Mar went and 10 personnel were injured before shooting a terrorist.This year, four of the 17 security personnel killed in Jammu and Kashmir operations have died in Kashmir and 13 in Jammu Division. In 2025, 14 terrorists have been killed by security forces in Kashmir so far, three of them were involved in the Lashkar-e-Tabiba operative Pahalgam attack, gunning in Srinagar on 28 July.The Kashmir Valley has tight security for Independence Day events, with intensive patrolling along the border. On Monday, Soldier Banoth Anil Kumar died after falling into a deep gorge during a regular patrol near LoC in Uri region. He was from Telangana.
