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Udhampur Terrorist Attack: After the terrorist attack in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, another terrorist incident has come to light. Terrorists have surrounded the police post in Udhampur. According to Jammu and Kashmir Police, firing is going on between security forces and terrorists. SSP Joginder Singh said that terrorists had surrounded the Sang police post of Basantgarh tehsil and started firing. However, the security forces immediately swung into action and started retaliatory action.
Local media reports said that terrorists attacked the Sang police post around 8 pm. After which the security forces started retaliatory action. The terrorists have fled towards the forest and the security forces have started an operation to search them. According to reports, additional troops have been sent to the spot from the surrounding security force posts. This area is 164 km from Udhampur by road and 28 km by foot.
Officials said 50 people were detained in the operation launched from Kathua, Udhampur and Bhaderwah, who are being questioned in connection with the ambush, reports news agency PTI. They said a massive search operation has been launched to trace and kill the terrorists hiding in the forests. With searches underway in several areas, more forces have been deployed in the dense forests of Udhampur, Samba, Rajouri and Poonch districts.
Five soldiers martyred in Kathua
Heavily armed terrorists on Monday hurled grenades and opened indiscriminate fire on two army vehicles at about 3.30 pm on the Machedi-Kindli-Malhar hill road near Badnota village, about 150 km from district headquarters Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir. Five soldiers were martyred in this fifth incident of terrorism in Jammu region within five months.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi paid tribute to the martyred soldiers of Uttarakhand – Naib Subedar Anand Singh, Havildar Kamal Singh, Rifleman Anuj Negi, Naik Vinod Singh and Rifleman Adarsh Negi.
