It has been after over a decade that presence of militants has been detected near Sunderbani town. (Representational Image)
Four militants were reportedly killed on Wednesday in a joint operation by security forces and police near Sunderbani town of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.
“Four terrorists have been killed in the encounter,” J&K's Director General of Police (DGP) S P Vaid told PTI.
Rewarian Talah forest area was condoned off by police and security officials after getting inputs that a group of militants was hiding there.
A militant was firing intermittently at police and security forces from inside the Rewarian Talah forests. A contact with militants was established on Wednesday morning following joint combing operation by police, Army and BSF.
A group of militants had reportedly sneaked into Rajouri district from across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir four days ago.
Giving details, sources said that following inputs about movement of militants, local police along with troops of 16 Raj Rifles, 6 Jatt and 126 battalion of Border Security Force had launched a search operation in Rewarian Talah area on the outskirts of Sunderbani town. The militants fired nearly half a dozen rounds at the search party.
The police and…
