Anti-terror operation continues in Kathua, SOG trooper injured

JAMMU: Security forces connected Thursday intensified the anti-terror cognition launched successful Billawar, successful the precocious reaches of J&K’s Kathua district, the erstwhile evening. One SOG trooper suffered insignificant injuries successful the ensuing gunfight and was hospitalised.Around 4 p.m. Wednesday, locals of Kahog colony reported sighting an equipped panic fishy successful the forests of Dhanu Parole-Kamadh Nallah area. A associated squad of the Army, CRPF and J&K Police’s SOG soon rushed to the spot and initiated a cordon-and-search cognition to hunt and termination the radical of fleeing ultras, suspected to beryllium 2 oregon 3 successful number, officials said.Holed-up terrorists opened occurrence astatine the hunt party, triggering an brushwood that continued for astir one-and-a-half hours earlier the guns fell silent. The troops trudged done treacherous terrain, heavy vegetation, and inclement upwind successful hunt of the hiding ultras, adjacent arsenic further forces were rushed to the country on with aerial surveillance aid. However, the cognition had to beryllium halted arsenic acheronian fell.The cordon remained successful spot passim the night, and the cognition resumed aboriginal Thursday. Renewed interaction with terrorists led to different firefight, successful which the SOG jawan suffered a slug wounded successful his leg, officials said.