J&K: Encounter continues between Security Forces and terrorists in Udhampur

Acting on a tip-off about the movement of suspects, a joint team of police and Army launched a search operation in the area.

Jammu: A gunfight erupted between terrorists and security forces on Thursday morning in a remote village of Basantgarh in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Official sources here said that acting on tip-off about the movement of suspects, a joint team of police and Army launched a search operation in the general area of Sazi, near Karoor Nallah in Basantgarh.

Fire On Search Party

"The search party was fired upon by the terrorists, which was retaliated," they said.

Meanwhile Jammu-based White Knight Corps in a post on X said, "Based on specific intelligence, a joint operation was launched by Indian Army and J&K Police in the Bihali area of Basantgarh.

Operation Underway

Contact has been established with terrorists. The operation is currently in progress," the Army posted.

Two Arrested For Sheltring Pahalgam Attackers

Just four days, in a major breakthrough in the Pahalgam terror attack case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two men for harbouring the terrorists who had carried out the horrendous attack that killed 26 innocent tourists and grievously injured 16 others.

LeT Terrorists

NIA on Sunday said the two men - Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar from Batkote, Pahalgam and Bashir Ahmad Jothar of Hill Park, Pahalgam – have disclosed the identities of the three armed terrorists involved in the attack, and have also confirmed that they were Pakistani nationals affiliated to the proscribed terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

Parvaiz and Bashir had knowingly harboured the three armed terrorists at a seasonal dhok (hut) at Hill Park before the attack, as per NIA investigations.

“The two men had provided food, shelter and logistical support to the terrorists, who had, on the fateful afternoon, selectively killed the tourists based on their religious identity, making it one of the most gruesome terrorist attacks ever,” NIA said.

FIR Registered

NIA, which has arrested the duo under Section 19 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, is further investigating the case RC-02/2025/NIA/JMU, registered after the attack that shook the world on 22nd April 2025.

Further investigations in the case are continuing, the NIA said.

The attackers of Pahalgam continue to be at large. The Pahalgam attack pushed India and Pakistan to the brink of war.