Tribune News Service

Jammu, February 24

Governor NN Vohra has expressed serious concern on the militant attack on Army personnel, resulting into death of three soldiers and injuries to several others.He spoke to Lt Gen Devraj Anbu, chief, Northern Command, to convey his grief over those killed and wished speedy recovery to the injured personnel.Observing that the Army and other security forces were carrying out their duties in an extremely difficult environment, the Governor voiced anxiety about the continuing attacks on the uniformed forces, some of which also result in the loss of innocent civilians lives, as happened in Shopian.On Thursday, three Army men were martyred and five others, including two senior officers, wounded in the terrorist attack in Shopian district. The 44 Rashtriya Rifles personnel were ambushed at Mulu Chitragam, 60 km from Srinagar, while they were returning after a search operation at Kungnoo village.The Governor had spoken to the Northern Command chief on February 15 and reviewed internal security management of the state, particularly the Kashmir valley. He had also spoken to the heads of other security forces who were involved in counter-terrorist operations in the Kashmir division.A Major and three soldiers were killed in two gunfights in Bandipora and Kupwara districts on February 14. At least 13 security personnel, including two officers, had also received injuries in the encounters.Pertinently, the worrisome situation for security forces is that the local people have been helping the terrorists to escape from the encounter sites.