Encounter in J&K's Kathua after terrorists intercepted near Pak border

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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.

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