Kupwara encounter: Gunfight after attack on Army post in J&K lasted for hours

Rifleman Mohit Rathour was killed and a Major and three other soldiers were injured in an unprovoked attack by Pakistan’s Border Action Team on an Indian post in Kupwara district, Kashmir. This incident, part of a pattern of infiltration attempts by Pakistani personnel, raises the monthly military toll in J&K to 12. Security measures have been tightened in response.