Three terrorists were killed in an encounter with the security forces at 7.30am on Panjtirthi-Sidhra road in Jammu, India.
The director general of the police, Mukesh Singh, said, “We noticed an unusual movement of a truck and followed it. The truck was stopped at Sidhra in Jammu where the driver managed to flee. When the truck was searched for terrorists hiding inside, they fired on the personnel. Retaliatory firing was done.”
The encounter was first reported by the residents who woke up to the sounds of five to six grenade blasts followed by a heavy exchange of fire.
The encounter comes after the police on Monday defused an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 15 kilograms which was recovered in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district — averting a major terror plan. One coded sheet and one letter pad page of banned terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were also recovered, officials said, adding that a suspect has been detained.
According to the officials, a case has been registered at Basantgarh police station and further investigation is underway.
