India, March 27 -- A Jammu and Kashmir policeman was injured in an encounter that broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Juthana area of Dinga Amb in Kathua district on Thursday morning.

Police said the encounter started while search operations were underway in the forests adjoining Saniyal village of the district. Juthana is 37km from Saniyal village.

The injured cop was rushed to the Government Medical College and Hospital at Kathua.

On Tuesday, a local resident, Darshana Devi, had informed the police that two men in army fatigues carrying backpacks had asked her for water. The woman said the duo then went back inside the jungle in the area.

Since Tuesday evening, security forces had cordoned off the area and search...