According to Kanker Superintendent of Police Nikhil Rakhecha, a joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and other security forces had set out on a combing operation in the dense forests of Koylibeda.
Helicopters and drones have been deployed to search the other terrorist who managed to escape.
The terrifying incident occurred in Lodhan Purwa village under the Kaisarganj police station area.
Security forces have intensified the search operation to trace the other soldier from the 5 Para (Special Forces) unit who went missing after a snowstorm on the intervening night of 6-7 October.
The encounter broke out last evening in the Basantgarh area of Udhampur - a mountainous tri-junction connecting Udhampur, Doda, and Kathua districts.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s office was in touch with Karnataka Chief Minister’s office to expedite the search for the truck driver from Kozhikode, Arjun, whose vehicle got trapped under a mudslide at Shirur in Ankpla in Uttara Kannada district on Tuesday.
Reports said that the terrorists forcibly entered a house and asked for drinking water. The owner of the house and his son managed to escape. However, terrorists fired at them.
Confirming the incident, police said that at about 7.45 pm three suspected persons were seen in the village. They fired two to three rounds and escaped towards the forest area.
The search for two man-eater leopards has hit a snag due to the short battery life of thermal sensor-equipped drones.
The Himachal Pradesh Police is conducting a search operation for people who might have been lost around the banks of the Beas river owing to monsoon rains and floods in the hill state.
