J&K: An intense encounter is underway between security forces and terrorists in the Ghadi Bhagwah forest of Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials reported.
The gunfight erupted when security forces launched a search operation in response to intel about terrorist presence in the area.
Heavy firing was going on between the two sides when the last reports were received, the officials said.
Further details are awaited.
This comes a day after five Army soldiers, including a junior commissioned officer, lost their lives in an ambush in the Kathua district on July 8.
On Tuesday, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrived at the scene to investigate the attack on the Army convoy in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.