Encounter breaks out between Army, terrorists in J-K’s Kishtwar
Search operation under way to track down and neutralise the terrorists, say officials
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Army troops exchanged fire with terrorists in a forest area in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said.
However, there was no immediate report of any casualty in the gunfight which took place in Keshwan, the officials said.
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“Alert troops of White Knight Corps at around 1 pm today, while carrying out an intelligence based operation in general area of Kishtwar, have established contact with terrorists. Fire exchanged with terrorists. Operation is in progress,” the Army said in a post on X.
The officials said a brief encounter ensued when the Army troops launched a search operation following inputs about the presence of terrorists in the forest area.
Reinforcements have been rushed and a search operation is under way to track down and neutralise the terrorists, they said.
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