Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 19: One Army soldier was injured in an encounter that broke out between security forces and terrorists in Udhampur district tonight.
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Acting on specific information, the Army, Special Operations Group (SOG), and police launched an operation in the Dudu Police Station limits bordering the Seoj Dhar high-altitude area, resulting in the encounter, they said.
“Encounter is in progress. Joint teams of SOG, police and Indian Army on ground,” Jammu IGP said in a post on X.
One Army jawan suffered injuries in the exchange of fire, reports said.
Several encounters have taken place in the area during past one year.
Haider, a terrorist eliminated in an encounter in the Dudu-Basantgarh forest on June 26, was a top commander of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), who was active in the area for the past four years.
On April 25, an Army soldier was martyred in a firefight with hiding terrorists in the Basantgarh area.
Meanwhile, security forces tonight recovered one AK rifle, ammunition and 20 hand grenades in Poonch district.
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