August 14, 2024: A day before Independence Day an Army Captain was killed during an encounter with four terrorists in the Assar area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district. A civilian was also injured.
According to the reports, the encounter was in a forest area during a cordon-and-search operation, or CASO, launched by a joint security team to track down the terrorists hiding in the Shivgarh-Assar belt. 
The security personnel also recovered an M4 rile, cloths, and three rucksacks from the area.