Indian Army Debunks Terror groups claims of killed solider in J&K’s Poonch

Source : Republic / IDRW

Amid the ongoing anti-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch, the Indian Army sources on Tuesday have slammed the propaganda and misinformation surrounding the situation. According to Army sources, the name of a soldier which is being shared as killed is actually alive and serving. The Indian Army has pointed out a report in a national daily which carried the story. 

In addition, sources also reported that the misinformation is also being peddled on social media by the terrorist organisation named ‘People’s Anti-Fascists Front’, an offshoot of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). On October 12, the terrorist organisation claimed that it carried out an attack. Following that, on Tuesday the organisation also released another video claiming that an Indian Army soldier had been killed. 

Maj Manik M Jolly,SM (retired) listed out some of the observations on contents

1. No soldier ever carries ID card in Ops. It’s an order and practice.

2. All items like clothing, leather bag, scissors etc look brand new. Obviously purchased recently to make this

3. Why would a solider carry extra pair of uniform on Ops ?

4. Why would he carry phone chargers going into forest ? Common sense !

5. Why would he carry a whistle ? ( top right ). This is Ambush and patrol. Troops maintain silence and secrecy. It’s not a PT drill in

6. Why is there not even a SINGLE military item in bag? I mean why would he carry a bag for all these unnecessary things ? Logic ! And every soldier on Ops carries certain items that are critical for operation in his bag. Where are those? They won’t be coz this