‘Combing of forest impeded due to darkness and treacherous terrain’
Srinagar: An unidentified terrorist was reportedly killed and a policeman sustained injuries in an ongoing encounter between terrorists and security forces in Udhampur district on Monday.
Official sources said that the gunfight erupted after joint teams of the Army, police and paramilitary forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Soan–Martha area of Majalta tehsil.
“As the security forces intensified the search operation, the hiding terrorists opened fire, which was retaliated to, triggering the encounter,” an official said, “The initial reports suggest that a terrorist has been killed and a policeman injured. Details are awaited.”
Reinforcements have been rushed to the spot and all escape routes have been sealed to prevent the terrorists from fleeing.
The IGP Jammu Zone posted on X: “On a precise input from JKP, contact was established with terrorists at Village Soan, Majalta, Udhampur. A joint team of SOG along with the Army and CRPF is on the job.”
“A very small SOG team engaged the terrorists. Combing of the forest has been impeded due to darkness and treacherous terrain,” it said.
