Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter breaks out between security forces and terrorists in Kathua; operation under way | India News

NEW DELHI: An encounter broke out between the security forces and terrorists in Kathua, IGP Jammu informed on Wednesday.“SOG Kathua has engaged terrorists in the forest of Kamadh Nullah, Kathua,” he said in a post on X.

A terrorist was spotted by local residents around 4 pm at Kamad Nallah in the jurisdiction of the Billawar police station, PTI reported citing sources.The sources said the individual could be the same terrorist who was seen earlier in the morning in the Dhannu Parole area.The encounter began in the evening in Kahog village of Billawar after security forces launched a search operation based on intelligence inputs indicating the presence of two to three terrorists, PTI reported citing officials. They said additional forces have been deployed to the village to track down and eliminate the terrorists