Encounter breaks out in J&K's Rajouri
Two terrorists were neutralized in a joint operation by security forces and police in a forest area of Thanamandi in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, informed 16 Corps, Indian Army on Friday.
"Terrorists Neutralised Based on accurate Intelligence from JK Police a joint operation was launched in the night of 05 Aug in the forested area of Thanamandi, Rajouri. In the firefight, two terrorists have been neutralised. Operations are in progress. @NorthernComd_IA @adgpi," tweeted White Knight Corps.
An encounter broke on Friday between terrorists and security forces in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
"Contact with terrorists established at Thanamandi Rajouri. Police and Army on the spot," the police said.
The gunfight took place after a joint team of the police and the army cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about presence of terrorists.
As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire triggering the encounter.
The Indian Army said the operations are in progress.
Earlier in the day, Jammu Police recovered two pistols, five magazines,122 rds, and one silencer in a joint operation of the troops at Sarthian village of Rajpura Police Station region in Samba.
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