J&K: Four terrorists gunned down in Nagrota district

Security forces have gunned down four terrorists in an encounter near Ban toll plaza in Jammu's Nagrota district at the Jammu and Kashmir highway, early Thursday morning, sources quoted by Zee News said.

The terrorists were reportedly trapped and there was gun firing from both sides. It is also being said that the terrorists were on their way to Kashmir from Jammu in a bus.

The gunfight which according to the officials started around 5 am also led to the closure of Jammu-Srinagar highway. Security has also been tightened in the Nagrota area.

Two Special Operations Group (SOG) men of J&K police were also injured in the gunfight with militants. The officials told that the gunbattle started near the toll plaza in the Ban area of Nagrota when some militants opened fire at police and paramilitary forces. The militants, they said, were hiding in a vehicle. The Army also joined the operation, they said. In the initial phase of the gunfight, they said, two SOG personnel were injured who were later hospitalized.

The injured have been identified as Kuldeep Raj (32) of Akhnoor and Mohammad Ishaq Malik (40) of Neel Qasim Banihal Ramban. Both have been admitted in GMC Jammu with injuries on neck and their condition is said to be stable.

Meanwhile, as many as 12 civilians were injured after terrorists lobbed a grenade at security forces in the Kakapora area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Wednesday. Police sources said that terrorists tried to target security forces' deployment, however, the grenade missed the target and exploded on road causing injures.

All the injured were shifted to a local hospital for treatment. The injured have received splinter injures and are being tested there.

A joint team of security forces has now cordoned off the area to nab the attackers.

Soon after the attack, the whole area was cordoned off to nab the attackers.