Security forces

have made contact with a group of

terrorists

in the elevated regions of

Udhampur

district, Jammu and Kashmir, as reported by the police on Tuesday. The operation to neutralize the terrorists is currently in progress.
According to officials,

gunshots

were heard from the Pathi Nalla Khaned area of Basantgarh when joint search parties of the police and the Army ventured deep into the densely forested area to locate the terrorists.

No casualties have been reported thus far, and the search for the terrorists continues.
“After specific input was gleaned regarding movements in the area, a SADO (search and destroy operation) was launched in the wee hours today (Tuesday) by our parties; contact has been established with a group of terrorists in the Khaned area of Basantgarh police station. Ops (operations) underway,” Deputy Inspector General (Udhampur) said in a post on X.

Additional forces have been deployed to the area to track down and neutralize the entrenched terrorists, according to officials.