Srinagar, Dec. 16 -- Security forces on Tuesday intensified search operations in a forested village of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir, a day after a Special Operations Group constable was killed during a gunfight with terrorists, officials said.Jammu and Kashmir tourism

The encounter took place on Monday evening in Soan village of the Majalta area after police launched a search operation based on specific intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists. During the initial exchange of fire, Constable Amjad Ali Khan of the 22nd Battalion of the Indian Reserve Police sustained critical injuries and later succumbed.

Inspector General of Police, Jammu Zone, Bhim Sen Tuti said the terrorists managed to flee towards a dense forest...