Jammu, March 27
Two local policemen, including an officer, were injured on Thursday in the ongoing gunfight between holed up terrorists and the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.
Officials said that two policemen, including an officer and a jawan of the Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police, were injured in initial firing exchanges between the hiding terrorists and the security forces in the Juthana area of Kathua district.
The officials said both policemen have been shifted to the hospital and their condition has been described as stable.
There are reports of one terrorist killed in this gunfight, but there is still no official confirmation of this.
After massive searches during the last four days, firing exchanges had started again on Thursday morning between the joint forces and the terrorists in Kathua district.
The officials said, "Contact has been re-established with militants in the forest area of Sufain under Police Station Rajbagh in Kathua. Security forces launched a search operation in the area during the early hours. According to initial reports, firing is still ongoing."
Massive searches, initially started in the Sanyal village of Hiranagar Tehsil, were spread to other adjoining areas as the terrorists had not responded to any speculative firing by the security forces after the initial exchange of gunfire on Sunday.