JAMMU: Five security personnel, including an army officer, were critically injured in a gunfight with terrorists in a forest area in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday night, officials said.
The encounter started after the troops of Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group of J-K Police launched a joint cordon and search operation at Dhari Gote Urarbagi in the Desa forest area around 7.45 pm, they said.
They said four army personnel, including an officer, and a police personnel were injured in the exchange of fire which initially lasted for over 20 minutes. (PTI)
