Follow-up search operations were conducted on Wednesday morning in Jammu’s Kathua after an exchange of fire broke out between security forces and terrorists, following an attack on a joint checkpost.
Officials said that the attack injured three security personnel while one of the two terrorists was killed in an encounter. Search operations to nab the other terrorist behind the Kathua attack are currently underway.
In Kathua district, security forces continued to engage in an operation to track down a terrorist hiding in Saida Sukhal village near Koota Morhunder Hiranagar police station limits.
In Doda, terrorists fired upon a joint checkpost of the 4 Rashtriya Rifles and police in the Chattergalla area on the Bhadarwah-Pathankot road Tuesday late night, the officials said. One civilian was also injured by the attack.
This is the third terror incident that has occurred in the region in three days.
“It is our hostile neighbour who always tries to damage the peaceful environment in our country. This (Hiranagar Terror attack) appears to be a fresh infiltration. The one terrorist has been killed, the search for the other is also underway,” ADGP Anand Jain said.
The police, explaining the chain of events, said the terrorists asked for water from several houses in Kathua, raising villagers’ suspicions. When villagers raised an alarm, the terrorists fired randomly, injuring one person.
With inputs from agencies
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WATCH: Search operation underway in Jammu’s Kathua to nab terrorist hiding in village
