Jammu, Sep 20
An Army soldier was injured on Saturday as a gunfight broke out in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district even as another anti-terror operation is ongoing in Kishtwar.
Officials said that in the encounter that broke out between the joint forces and terrorists in Udhampur district today, an Indian Army soldier was injured.
Acting on specific information, joint forces started an operation in the Dudu area bordering the Seoj Dhar high-altitude area between Doda and Udhampur.
When joint forces closed in on the terrorists, an encounter started which is now going on.
"Encounter is in progress. Joint teams of SOG, police and Indian Army on ground," Jammu IGP said in a post on X.
On June 26 this year, Haider, a terrorist was killed in an encounter in the Dudu-Basantgarh forest, who was a top commander of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). He had been active in the area for the past four years.