Jammu, June 28 -- Security forces continued to scan Karur Nullah (rivulet) and adjoining jungles in Basantgarh area of Udhampur district to track down three Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists for the third consecutive day on Saturday, said officials.

Searches have been intensified amid aerial surveillance but there has been no contact with the remaining ultras, said a senior police officer.

The army has also pressed into service its sniffer dogs to trace the terrorists, he added.

A Pakistan-based JeM terrorist identified as Haider alias Jabbar alias Maulvi was killed in an encounter with security forces on Thursday.

However, three of his associates remain trapped in the forested area of the Basantgarh belt.

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