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The information forces connected Thursday (January 8, 2026) greeting resumed a hunt cognition to way down terrorists hiding successful a wood successful Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, wherever 1 information idiosyncratic suffered a insignificant injury.
The associated enactment by the Special Operations Group (SOG) of J&K Police and different information forces was launched astatine Kahog colony successful Billawar connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026) evening, starring to an encounter, officials said.
“The hunt cognition to way down the hiding terrorists has been resumed aft a night-long cordon,” a elder information authoritative said.
The searches are being conducted successful the Dhanu Parole-Kamadh nallah area. Additional forces person been called in, on with aerial surveillance, to pin down the terrorists hiding successful the dense forest, they said.
“Despite darkness, heavy vegetation and treacherous terrain, the SOG is relentlessly engaging the terrorists. Teams of the CRPF are besides participating successful the associated operation,” Bhim Sen Tuti, IGP, Jammu Zone, said successful a station connected X.
The gunfight broke retired astatine Kahog village connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026) evening aft information forces launched a hunt cognition based connected accusation astir the beingness of 2 to 3 terrorists successful the area, the officials said.
During the speech of fire, 1 information idiosyncratic suffered a insignificant wounded aft a slug deed his leg. He has been hospitalised, they said.
“The SOG has engaged the terrorists successful the wood country of Kamadh nallah, Kathua,” the IGP said successful different station connected X.
According to officials, the firing betwixt the 2 sides lasted for much than an hr earlier the guns fell silent. It was not instantly known if immoderate violent was deed successful the gunfight, the officials said.
The Army, the BSF, constabulary and the CRPF are continuously conducting hunt operations, identifying borderline dwellers, and intensifying patrols on the International Border successful Samba and Kathua districts and the adjoining areas of Punjab for the past 1 month, the officials said.
A multi-tier information grid comprising the BSF, borderline police, and Village Defence Guards (VDGs) has been enactment connected alert up of the Republic Day connected January 26.
The Kathua territory has witnessed respective encounters betwixt information forces and terrorists implicit the past 2 years, resulting successful the killings of 16 radical – 11 information unit and 5 terrorists.
While 7 information unit and 2 militants were killed successful 2024 erstwhile terrorists revived their activities successful the territory aft much than a decade, 7 persons — 4 information men and 3 terrorists — were killed successful 2023, the officials said.
In addition, 4 civilians died nether mysterious circumstances, with locals suspecting the engagement of terrorists successful their killings.
