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Jammu and Kashmir: Three JeM terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in Reasi

Security forces used drones and choppers in the operation, which was launched Wednesday to track three JeM militants, aged between 18 and 22 years.

India TV News Desk Edited by: India TV News Desk Srinagar Updated on: September 13, 2018 20:49 IST
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Two terrorists, belonging to the dreaded Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), were killed on Thursday in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district.
 
According to police, twelve security personnel, including a DSP, were also injured in this gunfight. 
 
The officials said that the security forces zeroed in on a location near a house in Kakriyal area during a cordon and search operation and surrounded the terrorists.
 
The encounter broke out as the security forces, comprising CRPF, police and Army personnel, closed in on them, they said.
 
Security forces used drones and choppers in the operation, which was launched Wednesday to track three JeM militants, aged between 18 and 22 years, the officials said.
 
Watch: Three JeM terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in Reasi
 
 
Two terrorists were killed and eight security personnel, including Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mohan Lal, injured, police said.
 
Five CRPF personnel and three policemen were injured during the operation, they said.
 
They were admitted to the Narayana hospital in Katra.
 
The cordon and search operation to track down the JeM terrorists was launched in the Jhajjar-Kotli forest belt in Jammu and Reasi district after the militants fired on security personnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on Wednesday, the officials said.
 
The militants after the incident had fled into the forest belt of which Kakriyal is a part. 
 
During the operation, security agencies were informed by a villager that the militants had taken food and clothes and left his house on Wednesday night, a senior police official said.
 
Speaking to reporters, the villager said, “They came to my house at 8 pm and demanded clothes to change from their(combat) dress. They demanded food. They ate biscuits and drank water and left around 9.10 pm.”
 
The terrorists also demanded a vehicle, but “we told them, we do not have one,” the villager said, adding that they were asked to switch-off their mobile phones.
The official said the family immediately informed the police after the terrorists left. 
 
The CRPF, the police and the army along with personnel from other security agencies are combing the area, he said.
 
The official said areas and check posts along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway are on alert.
 
More checkpoints have been created and vehicles are being searched and passengers frisked, he said.
 
“The Jhajjar Kotli forests and adjoining areas have been put under a massive cordon,” the official said.
 
Traffic movement on the highway, between Nagrota and Jhajjar Kotli, has been suspended and schools in the area have been closed for the day.
 
(With PTI inputs)
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