Jammu, Feb. 5 -- Security forces on Wednesday killed three Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists, including two self-styled commanders, in J&K's Udhampur and Kishtwar districts, officials said, ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah's three-day visit to the Union Territory beginning Thursday. While one terrorist was killed in a gunfight in the snow-bound Chatroo belt of Kishtwar on Wednesday evening, two others - both self-styled JeM commanders -were neutralised in the morning after they were trapped inside a cave in Udhampur district, the officials said. Under Operation Kiya, launched on February 3 in Udhampur's Jophar region, security forces blew up the cave with rocket launchers and killed the two JeM commanders, identified as Rubani alias Abu Maavi and Zubair, said a senior police officer. Maavi was active in the area for the last several years. The terrorists were located by joint troops of the army, police and CRPF amid intensified search operations in the higher reaches of Ramnagar-Basantgarh area around 4 pm on Tuesday, leading to a fierce gunfight, the officials said. "The forces had a brief encounter with the two armed terrorists on Tuesday. The terrorists were holed up in a cave, and through the night there were intermittent exchange of fire. On Wednesday, the army launched a final assault and blew up the cave with rocket-propelled grenades where the two terrorists were hiding," said a defence officer. "The operation highlighted seamless inter-agency coordination, tactical precision and high standards of professionalism," the Army's White Knight Corps said in a post on X. A large quantity of arms and ammunition, including an M4 carbine and an AK assault rifle, were recovered from the slain terrorists, the officials said. This was the second encounter in Udhampur since December 15 when a policeman was killed in an encounter at Soan village. However, the terrorists had managed to escape taking advantage of thick foliage and darkness. A series of encounters - three in Kathua district and four in Chatroo forest belt in Kishtwar - also occurred in January, resulting in the killing of top JeM terrorist, Usman of Pakistan, in Kathua and a paratrooper in Kishtwar amid intensified operations to hunt down terrorists hiding in the upper reaches of Jammu region. Usman was part of the same group eliminated in Udhampur district and got separated following the Soan encounter, the officials said. The other Jaish terrorist was eliminated in Kishtwar district on Wednesday, officials said. "In the continuing search and elimination of terrorists in the Kishtwar region, where the hunt has already led to several contacts in the dense forests and challenging terrain, contact was re-established with the terrorists on the run in the ongoing joint Operation Trashi-I, by the troops of CIF Delta #WhiteKnightCorps, @JmuKmrPolice and #CRPF at around 5.45 pm today in the general area of Dichhar, Kishtwar. One terrorist has been successfully neutralised. Operation is in progress," White Knight Corps wrote on X....