2 Militants , One policeman Killed During Encounter In J&K Kathua District

20 March, Srinagar

Two militants were killed while a policeman lost his life during the encounter that started after the terrorists attacked a police station in the border district of Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir this morning.

Besides a civilian, nine security personnel including a police officer have so far injured in the exchange of fire which was going on when the last reports came in.

According to police sources, a group of militants in Army uniform who were numbering from two to three stormed the Rajbagh police station in the border district around 6:30 this morning.

The terrorists earlier intercepted a jeep on the Jammu Pathankote National Highway on the pretext of checking it. The ultras then hijacked the jeep with three passengers on board and fled towards the Rajbagh Police Station.

Two years ago also the terrorists attacked on Police Station in Hiranagar area of Kathua district which has left thirteen persons including three militants killed. District Kathua of Jammu region has its boundaries with the Indo-Pak International Border.