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Jan 31, 2020, 10:50 AM | Updated 10:49 AM IST
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The Security forces gunned down three terrorists in an encounter at Bann Toll Plaza on Srinagar-Jammu national highway in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday (31 January), reports The New Indian Express.
One policeman has also sustained injuries in the ongoing encounter and has been hospitalised.
According to the report, the security forces have stopped the vehicular movement on the highway linking Jammu and Kashmir as the encounter is still underway.
The encounter began in the early hours of Friday (31 January) after the J&K police intercepted a Srinagar bound truck at Bann Toll plaza on Jammu-Srinagar highway.
The police said the terrorists travelling in the truck fired on them, forcing the cops to return fire, triggering an encounter.
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03 Pakistani terrorists killed near Nagrota Jammu when a truck they were travelling in was intercepted by J&K Police. One policeman has sustained injuries in this encounter.
As per the report, after the initial gun fight, two terrorists travelling in the truck fled and ran away into nearby areas. The security personnel were conducting searches for the terrorists and as a security measure, the vehicular traffic on the highway has been suspended.