A policeman was killed in action and a terrorist believed to be injured in a gunfight in a remote forest village in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.
An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in a village in Udhampur district on Monday evening. The operation was suspended for the night, and was resumed with the first light of the day on Tuesday. The encounter erupted at village Soan in Majalta area of the hilly district when security forces launched a search operation following information about the presence of three terrorists believed to be affiliated with Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit. Inspector General of Police, Jammu, Bhim Sen Tuti said the contact was established with the terrorists after police received precise input about them in the remote village. “Joint team of Special Operations Group (SOG) of police along with Army and CRPF are on job,” the officer said. In another post, the IGP said “a very small SOG team engaged the terrorists! Combing of the forest has been impeded due to darkness and treacherous terrain.” "Contact with Terrorists | #OpKiya - In an intelligence based operation, SOG @JmuKmrPolice and alert troops of @IndianArmy have established contact with terrorists in general area of Sohan, Udhampur District. Fire exchanged with terrorists. Operation is in progress," the White Knight Corps posted on X on Monday.
The officials said the encounter took place in the besieged village around 6 pm and continued for sometime, resulting in injuries to one SOG jawan who later succumbed to injuries. The SOG personnel, Amjad Pathan, a resident of Mendhar in Poonch districtm was killed in action.
The gunfight was stopped in the night, according to officials. The area has been put under tight security cordon and all escape routes have been plugged to neutralise the holed-up terrorists. One terrorist was also believed injured in the initial gunfight.
Reinforcements have been rushed to the area to strengthen the cordon and neutralise the terrorists.
(More details are awaited)
