Three terrorist killed in encounter in Jammu, one cop injured

A group of 3-4 militants, travelling in a truck, opened fire at a police team at a toll plaza on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Jammu on Friday, injuring a policeman, officials said.

Mukesh Singh, IG Jammu said, three terrorists have been killed in the encounter.

The firing took place around 5 am when the police team stopped a Srinagar-bound truck for checking near the toll plaza in the Ban area of Nagrota, the officials said.

The group of 3-4 terrorists was on their way to Srinagar when they were intercepted by the police team at the toll plaza, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh said said.

Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh said that the module is from a fresh infiltration that could have happened from the International Border in Jammu's Hiranagar last night.

A massive search operation has been launched to track down the terrorists.

Senior police officials were at the spot to oversee the combing operations.

Traffic was suspended on the highway after the attack, the officials said.

Authorities also ordered closure of schools in Nagrota as a precautionary measure.

With agency inputs