Overview
- Indian Army’s White Knight Corps said troops established early-morning contact in the Chhatru area and the firefight is ongoing.
- Joint teams of the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police, with CRPF support reported by officials, have sealed the Kalaban forest zone.
- One Army paratrooper was injured in the exchange and was airlifted to the Command Hospital in Udhampur.
- Security forces assess that two to three militants are hiding in the rugged terrain, with no militant casualties confirmed so far.
- Aerial surveillance with drones and UAVs is in use as part of an intensified campaign after multiple recent encounters in Kishtwar.