Overview
- Contact was established in the Son Nar/Sonnar area northeast of Chhatru during a joint Army–J&K Police search, triggering an extended exchange of fire.
- Officials say two to three Pakistan-linked Jaish-e-Mohammad militants fired and lobbed grenades in an attempt to breach the cordon.
- Injury reports vary across outlets, with three to eight soldiers wounded and several evacuated or airlifted after splinter injuries.
- Reinforcements from the Army, CRPF, police, SOG and Rashtriya Rifles tightened the perimeter as drones, helicopters, sensors and sniffer dogs were deployed.
- The operation continues through the night with searches to intensify at first light, reflecting stepped-up winter counter-terror drives in Jammu’s hill forests ahead of Republic Day.