Srinagar, 1st June 2023: The Indian Army has given the northern command clear instructions to follow the standard operating procedures by formations involved in counter-insurgency operations.
The authorities are currently conducting full-scale “Operation Trinetra” to flush out terrorists in the Pir Panjal region after the country mourned the loss of 10 troopers in terror attacks in Rajouri-Poonch region in the past two months.
The agency lost five troopers each in the terror attack on an Army vehicle at Bhatta Dhurian in Poonch on April 20 and at an ambush in Kesari Hill in the run-up to the Srinagar G20 meeting on May 22-24.
With senior defence officers, including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, keeping a close eye on the situation, all the units have been mandated to follow the SOPs exactly as they have been laid out after it was revealed during investigations that both the attacks were easily avoidable had the laid down procedure on deployment and patrolling in terrorist infested areas was followed.
