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In Jammu and Kashmir, a terrorist was killed today in an ongoing operation in a remote village in Kathua district, taking the death toll in the incident to two. 

The body of the terrorist was recovered from the scene of the encounter at Kog-Mandli in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district this afternoon.

A massive search operation is underway in the village for the second day. Additional Director General of Police, Jammu Zone, Anand Jain, said the search operation was launched in the village on Saturday evening following information about the presence of three to four foreign terrorists.

A policeman was killed and two officers injured Saturday evening when terrorists opened fire on a joint security



search party in the village. Head constable Bashir Ahmad laid down his life, and two officers, a DSP and an assistant sub-inspector, were injured in the encounter. The whole area is under tight security cordon, and an operation is underway to neutralise the three to four foreign terrorists hiding in the area. Adequate security arrangements have been put in place in all poll-bound areas to ensure that there is no terror-related incident.

The third phase of voting for the Assembly Elections is going to be held on October 1. The third phase covers Jammu, Udhampur, Kathua, and Samba districts in the Jammu region and Baramulla, Kupwara, and Bandipora districts in the Kashmir region.





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