Encounter breaks out amid anti-terror operation in J&K's Udhampur
Security forces are engaged in an ongoing anti-terror operation in the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir. The encounter began after a joint search operation was launched following reports of terrorist movement in the forest.
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An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists during an ongoing anti-terror operation in a forested area of Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday (September 17, 2026), officials said.
A joint search operation by the Army, police and CRPF was launched in the remote Bratel Soan and Khubban areas of Majalta around 9 p.m. on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) following information about the movement of suspected terrorists, the officials said.
They said a few rounds of firing and blasts, reportedly carried out by the security forces while targeting a suspected hideout, were heard in the forest shortly after the operation began.
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