The joint cordon-and-search operation (CASO), involving the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police, and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), was launched following specific intelligence inputs about suspected militant movement through the rugged forest terrain.
The network of hideouts built by terrorists in an area of about 150 sq km, found during this operation, was among the largest ever detected in the known history of insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir.
The encounter broke out in the Chatroo area after security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation based on specific intelligence inputs.
The charred bodies of the terrorists were found buried under the debris of a mud hideout in which they had been hiding. The hideout was burnt during the encounter. This takes the number of Pakistani terrorists killed in the region to five over the past few days.
In a major achievement for the security forces, two Pakistani terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit were killed on Wednesday in an ongoing encounter in the Basantgarh area of Udhampur district.
Unconfirmed reports claim that three security forces personnel and a terrorist were injured during the exchange of fire.
Security forces have launched a massive combing operation in the Majalta area of Udhampur to track down the three Pakistani terrorists who have reportedly escaped the cordon after killing a Special Operations Group (SOG) constable and injuring four others in a gunfight.
The threat message was allegedly sent by a person claiming to be a member of 'Lashkar-e-Jihadi' outfit and warned that the country's financial capital would shake after the blasts.
Top Pakistani Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) commander Saifullah is among the four terrorists believed to have escaped from the encounter site.
Indian Army troops on Wednesday foiled an infiltration bid by two heavily armed Pakistani terrorists, who were killed in a gunfight in North Kashmir's Baramulla district.
