A joint searc💯h operation was conducted by the police and Army in Udhampur following a tip off regarding presence of militants in the area.
After the forces made contact with ♑the militants gun♍shots were reportedly heard.
Official X handle of the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Udhampur Reasi Range, Jammu Zone in a post informed, "After specfic input was gleaned regarding movement in the area, a SADO was 𝄹launched in the wee hours today by our parties; contact has been established with a group o🍃f terrorists in Khaned area of PS Basantgarh. Ops underway."
The joint search operation by police and♈ the Army was l𝐆aunched in Pathi Nalla Khanerd area of Basantgarh.
The officials told PTI that a few gunshots were heard as the forces moved deep inside the densely forested area to tr𒉰ack down and neutralise the militants.
There was no report of any casualty, the officials said and added that a hunt for the milit𝐆ants was🌌 underway.
In April, a village def🌞ence guard was killed in a gunfight with terrorists in the Dudu area of Basantgarh.
