A fierce encounter is ongoing in Kathua, Jammu region, between security forces and terrorists. The operation began after locals reported spotting five terrorists in the forest area near Sanyal village on Sunday evening. A couple narrowly escaped being taken hostage by the terrorists. The gunfight has resumed near Juthana in Kathua district after an initial 20-25 minute encounter on Sunday.
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00:00A fierce encounter presently going on in the Jammu region in Kottuwa, where remember in
00:11the past few days we had witnessed the situation turning troublesome, active terrorists present
00:18in the area.
00:20Encounter is between the terrorists and the forces right now.
00:23Kottuwa in the Jammu region where there have been instances of civilians also reporting
00:28suspicious movements.
00:30The encounter is underway.
00:31All of these are deferred images, not live images from the ground, intense gun fight
00:37between forces and terrorists coming in.
00:40Sunil G. Bhatt joining me for the latest on that.
00:44Sunil, tell me more about this.
00:46Is this a far-flung area in Kottuwa?
00:49What are you hearing about the information coming in?
00:55Pooja, a massive counter-terror operation is on in the Kottuwa district since Sunday
01:00evening because on Sunday evening terrorists were spotted in the forest area near Sanyal
01:06village.
01:07It was the locals who had informed the security forces that they had noticed movement of terrorists
01:13there.
01:14There was a lady and her husband who had seen five terrorists and the terrorists had even
01:18tried to help them as hostages and somehow they managed to save their lives and then
01:23they informed the security forces and after that a massive counter-terror operation was
01:27launched.
01:28But finally now the security forces have got success.
01:31They have been able to establish fresh contact with the terrorists.
01:35A gun fight is underway, a fresh encounter has broken out.
01:38On Sunday evening, remember Pooja, the security forces had also managed to establish contact
01:44with the terrorists.
01:45There was an encounter for 20 to 25 minutes but after that there was no sound of any gun
01:50fight or gun shots and after that a major counter-terror operation was launched across
01:56the length and breadth of this forest area.
01:59Now we are learning from our sources that an encounter has broken out near Juthana in
02:05the Kottuwa district of Jammu and Kashmir and this is the same group of terrorists who
02:08was earlier spotted near Sanyal village by the locals.
02:12Quickly tell me also Sunil about the region in Kottuwa, how the terrorists are shifting
02:16focus to an otherwise relatively peaceful Jammu region.