Jammu, March 28 -- Three terrorists were shot dead and three J&K police personnel were feared killed in an encounter in the UT's Kathua district on Thursday - officials aware of the matter said - in one of the major gunfights between forces and extremists in the restive region this year.
The encounter, centred near Jakhole village in the Ghati Juthana area of Rajbagh, involved a group of around five terrorists.
"Security forces have killed three terrorists. Their bodies are yet to be retrieved. The police also lost three constables. They were chasing the terrorists when the extremists lobbed grenades and then resorted to indiscriminate firing," an official said. P11
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Hindustan ...