Security has been scaled up across Udhampur district in view of the Independence Day celebrations on August 15, with security forces patrolling and manning the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police, in collaboration with security forces, apprehended three terrorist associates linked to the banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the Budgam district.
One terrorist was shot dead and the other was injured as infiltration bid was foiled in Poonch sector. Security forces recovered arms and ammunition from the terrorist killed along the Line of Control (LoC) here on Monday.
After two terrorists were gunned down as security forces foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in the general area of Degwar Terwan in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch, the Indian Army on Monday said that the one of the killed terrorists was Division Commander of Hizbul Mujahi
According to officials, the contact was established by ambush in Garhi Battalion, Poonch, around 02:00 am. Two individuals were observed moving across the LoC in the general area of Degwar Terva.
Security forces had launched a joint operation in the area in dense vegetation with a lot of undergrowth after agencies received inputs about the presence of a group of three to four terrorists, they said.
A Naxal couple, one among whom was carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh for information leading to his capture, surrendered before security forces in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday.
Disappointed by discrimination within the organization, a naxal couple surrendered before security forces in the insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday.
Twelve terrorists were killed during a two-day Israeli incursion in the Jenin refugee camp in early July. Israeli security forces seized a large quantity of military equipment and weaponry in the Jenin camp and surrounding areas, including bombs, ammunition and guns.