Jammu, Jan. 20 -- A Special Forces commando, who was critically injured during an encounter with with Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir's Kishtwar district, has died during treatment, officials familiar with the matter said on Monday, even as security personnel uncovered a suspected terror hideout packed with rations for winter in the area. Havildar Gajendra Singh, a resident of Uttarakhand, was among eight personnel injured during Operation Trashi-I, which was launched on Sunday following specific intelligence about terrorist movement in the remote Singpura area of Kishtwar. "The GOC, White Knight Corps, and all ranks pay tribute to Havildar Gajendra Singh, who made the supreme sacrifice while gallantly executing a counterterrorism operation during the ongoing Operation TRASHI-I... We honour his indomitable courage and stand firmly with the bereaved family in this hour of profound grief," the Nagrota-based White Knight Corps said on Monday. It added: "Operations under Operation Trashi-I continue in the general area of Son Nar, northeast of Chhatru. The cordon has been further tightened with search operations expanded. Troops of White Knight Corps, along with Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF, remain deployed to dominate the area." According to officials, a search team intercepted two to three foreign terrorists, suspected to be Jaish-e-Mohammad operatives, who lobbed grenades and fired indiscriminately to break a security cordon. The intense firefight lasted several hours before a night-long halt due to the difficult terrain and thick vegetation. While five soldiers were treated at a local facility, three critically injured personnel, including Havildar Singh, were airlifted to the Command Hospital in Udhampur where the commando later died. With the first light of Monday, security forces launched a fresh search to track the group. Additional reinforcements from the army, CRPF, and J&K Police have been inducted to plug all possible escape routes in the dense woods. According to officials familiar with the matter, search teams have busted a terrorist hideout stocked with a large quantity of food items, including rice, wheat flour and edible oils, along with utensils, soaps, LPG cylinder, blankets, woollen clothes and a plastic drum for water near the site of the gunfight. "Without local support, it's not possible to survive harsh winters in the upper reaches. The ration stocked in the hideout was enough for the terrorists for the next three to four months," a senior police officer said on the condition of anonymity. This is the third major encounter in the Jammu region this month, following gunfights in Kathua's Billawar area on January 7 and 13....