♛A joint search 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 gunshots 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 of terrorists in Khaned area of PS Basantgarh. Ops underway."
✨The joint search operation by police and the Army was launched 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 track down and neutralise the militants.
♛There was no report of any casualty, the officials said and added that a hunt for the militants was underway.
ꦆIn April, a village defence guard was killed in a gunfight with terrorists in the Dudu area of Basantgarh.
