Two BSF jawans killed in Udhampur encounter

Jammu: Militants on Wednesday attacked a Border Security Force convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Udhampur district, injuring three troopers.

“Militants fired at a BSF convoy at Narsu Nallah on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway today (Wednesday),” a senior police officer said here.

According to district officials, one militant and two BSF jawans were killed in the exchange of fire.

The Jammu-Srinagar national highway is cleared



for traffic each day by road-opening parties who employ high-tech equipment and sniffer dogs to ensure there are no explosive devices planted anywhere by militants.

“In the wake of today’s attack we have deployed additional forces in places overlooking the highway,” the officer added.

All essentials of life and security force deployments are routed to the landlocked Kashmir Valley through the Jammu-Srinagar national highway.