Srinagar: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists on Thursday morning in the upper reaches of Chatroo in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to officials, a joint team of the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a cordon and search operation in the area following specific inputs about the presence of militants. The operation led to contact with the hiding terrorists, triggering a gunfight.
“Op Trashi: Contact has been established with terrorists during a joint operation with @JmuKmrPolice at Chhatru, #Kishtwar today morning. Additional troops have been inducted, and operations are ongoing to neutralize the terrorists,” the Army’s 16 Corps said in a post on X.
The area is densely forested and had witnessed a similar encounter on April 12, in which three terrorists were killed. Thursday’s operation comes more than a month after that incident, indicating continued militant presence in the region. Additional reinforcements have been deployed to surround the area and prevent the militants from escaping. The operation is still in progress.
