Jammu, April 9 || A gunfight started on Wednesday between joint security forces and the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district.
Officials said the security forces moved in after getting specific intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists in the Jopher village of the district under the jurisdiction of the Ramnagar police station.
“As the teams of police and the security forces moved in, they were fired upon by the terrorists triggering an encounter, which is now going on,” the officials said.
Further details were awaited.
It must be mentioned that on March 23 an encounter took place in the Sanyal village of Kathua district, barely 4 km inside the International Border. The encounter spread to Safiyan Jakhole village, where two terrorists were killed, and four policemen also died. The joint forces extended the area under the ‘seek and destroy’ operation to higher reaches of the Kathua and Rajouri districts.