JAMMU: Four terrorists traveling in a truck died Thursday morning during an ongoing encounter near Nagrota in the J&K ‘Jammu district, senior police officers said.
“Four terrorists were neutralized and a police officer was injured in a meeting in Ban Toll Plaza Jammu with the police, CRPF and the army. The area is being cleaned up,” police said.
Speaking to IANS, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said that a group of four JeM terrorists had infiltrated India across the international border at Samba on Wednesday night.
They were traveling in a truck in the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which was intercepted by the police at a tollbooth near Nagrota.
After they were intercepted, heavily armed terrorists threw grenades at the police party. During the shooting, the truck caught fire.
The area was cordoned off and additional forces were transferred to the scene. This is the second meeting of its kind on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway this year.
According to the police, the terrorists belong to the Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed.
In January, security forces shot and killed three terrorists. They had adopted a similar modus operandi by hiding inside a truck.
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