A fierce encounter broke out in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua on Sunday evening after security forces intercepted terrorists near the Pakistan border, sources told India Today TV.
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00:00News coming in of an encounter that's broken out in Jammu and Kashmir's Ghatwa.
00:10Two to three terrorists have been spotted by our forces and that's what's kicked off
00:14this particular operation to immediately corner the terrorists.
00:18Forces have launched a search operation.
00:20We understand that these terrorists are also heavily armed, suspected that there are about
00:24two to three of them hiding in this particular area.
00:28And as you can see in the images on your screens, the area is densely forested and
00:33that's why at this point the search operation is underway.
00:36Sunilji Bhatt is joining us with more details on this.
00:39Sunilji, good evening.
00:40Get us the latest updates on this encounter.
00:42Akshita, the security forces had a specific input about the presence of terrorists in
00:49this particular area.
00:50It's a forest belt of Hiranagar in Jammu and Kashmir's Ghatwa district.
00:55And a massive search operation was launched by Jammu and Kashmir police, CRCF and the
01:00Indian Army.
01:01The security forces managed to spot the terrorists and then contact, and contact was also established
01:07with them.
01:08A fierce encounter broke out.
01:09As per the latest reports, the encounter is still on, a fierce encounter is on, and our
01:15sources have told us that about three terrorists are there in this forest area in the Hiranagar
01:21sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Ghatwa district.
01:24The reinforcements are also being sent to this particular area so that the terrorists
01:28don't manage to flee from this area.
01:32So the security forces are not taking any chance.
01:35It's dark now, but a massive cordon has been laid around this forest area so that these
01:42terrorists don't manage to escape.
01:45More troops are being deployed in and around this particular spot, and the priority for
01:50the security forces is to ensure that these terrorists are neutralized as soon as possible.
01:55All right, Sunil ji, thanks very much for that update.
01:57But let's also take a look at the images coming in where you can hear, in fact, gunshots being
02:03fired.