Overview

• Security forces are pursuing two small groups of suspected militants in Kishtwar and the Seoj Dhar–Kanji belt, with both operations ongoing.
• Lance Dafadar Baldev Chand, wounded in the Sept. 19–20 firefight in Udhampur district, was honored at a wreath-laying in Jammu before his remains were sent to Himachal Pradesh.
• Helicopters, drones, sniffer dogs, and reinforcements are deployed to tighten cordons in the dense terrain, and officials reported no fresh contact after initial exchanges of fire.
• White Knight Corps GOC Lt Gen P K Mishra, accompanied by Counter-Insurgency Force Delta commander Maj Gen A P S Bal, reviewed the security posture at Seoj Dhar.
• Officials say 2–3 militants are believed to be hiding in the forests; some reports suggest possible Jaish or foreign links, which authorities have not confirmed.