Overview
- Security forces launched the intelligence‑led operation overnight on Wednesday, September 16–17, and engaged suspects in the Majalta forest belt of Udhampur, resulting in two militants being killed.
- The joint action involved the Army’s White Knight Corps, Para/Rashtriya Rifles elements, Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF in a cordon‑and‑search that continued after the encounter.
- Jammu and Kashmir Police identified the dead as Pakistani Jaish‑e‑Mohammad members named Saddam and Mustafa and reported recovery of an AK rifle, an M4 carbine, a Glock pistol, magazines and four grenades.
- A local man suspected to be an over‑ground worker was detained for questioning as forces sustain search, aerial surveillance and reinforcements to rule out further threats in the Brattal/Bratel‑Sohan and Khubban area.
- The operation is part of a wider push to deny militants sanctuary in the Pir Panjal and Jammu forest belts, a terrain that security agencies say has been used increasingly since 2019 to move fighters and supplies.