JAMMU: Three J&K policemen and an equal number of suspected Pakistani terrorists were killed Thursday in a gunfight that erupted when security forces searching the forested Sufain area in Kathua district of Jammu division came under fire from gunmen hiding in the woods.
DSP Dheeraj Katoch, two other policemen, and an Army soldier from 1 PARA (Special Forces) were wounded. The area has been cordoned off and reinforcements deployed.
According to official sources, the slain policemen includes a head constable and two constables. The bodies were yet to be evacuated from the site as the operation continues.
Grenades and rocket fire rocked the area with multiple explosions. “The gunfire…