“Cowards will not be spared,” says BJP leader Kavinder Gupta on Kathua encounter

New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Kavinder Gupta expressed condolences to the bereaved families and said that cowards will not be spared.

“Terrorists have once again launched a cowardly attack. Security forces made a lot of efforts to bring peace to J-K…If such incidents occur, it is a matter of sadness. But these cowards will not be spared. I express my sympathies to the bereaved families…” said Kavinder Gupta.

“I salute the martyrdom of the four jawans…I think the terrorists will be neutralised soon…Work is being done on zero-tolerance policy…Pakistan knows that it can’t win a direct fight, so it attempts to do this,” he added.

Four Army soldiers were killed while some were injured in a terrorist attack in the Machedi area of Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir.

As per the officials, the area in Jammu and Kashmir falls under the 9th Corps of the Indian Army.

Meanwhile, after six terrorists were killed in two different encounters in Jammu and Kashmir, Brigadier Prithviraj Chauhan, Commander 1sec RR, said on Monday that the killing of terrorists in South Kashmir is a significant blow to Hizbul-Mujahideen.

Chauhan also mentioned that, during the operation, one Army personnel also sacrificed his life.

The first encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Modergam village. Hours later, another encounter broke out in the Frisal Chinnigam area of the district.

Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed a “spike” in the number of terrorist attacks in the past few months.

In June, three terrorists were neutralized in an encounter with security forces in the Gandoh, Bhaderwah sector of district Doda in Jammu and Kashmir, ADGP Anand Jain said.