On the morning of Wednesday a gunfight occurred between the security forces and a terrorist who went absconding after attacking a village near the International Border (IB) in Kathua, Jammu & Kashmir district on Tuesday night.
A terrorist was killed and a civilian was injured in a gunfight with security forces on Tuesday after the militants opened fire in Kathua district.
The security forces confirmed that a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan who was critically injured in a fire by another terrorist succumbed to injuries during treatment.
The location of the second terrorist who has been hiding following Tuesday’s encounter has been located after the security forces deployed drones as search and combing operations continued in Kathua’s Hiranagar.
The initial investigation revealed that these terrorists were in Jammu and Kashmir for a long haul.
The security forces claimed the slain terrorist had Rs 1 lakh in Indian currency in his bag. The items recovered from the dead militant include 30 rounds, one magazine having 24 rounds, 75 rounds in a separate polythene bag, three live grenades, eatables (Pakistan-made chocolates, dry chana and stale rotis, medicines and injections, painkillers, one syringe, two packs of A4 batteries, one handset wrapped in tape having an antenna and two wires hanging from this handset.
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