Security forces launched a major offensive on Sunday against a group of terrorists who reportedly infiltrated from across the border into the dense jungles of Kathua district in Jammu-Kashmir, news agency PTI reported. The operation followed intelligence inputs indicating the presence of terrorists inside a 'dhok' — a local term for an enclosure — within a nursery in Sanyal village, around five kilometres from the International Border with Pakistan.

A police team from the Special Operations Group initiated the search operation, but the personnel came under heavy fire upon entering the area, leading to a gunfight. Reinforcements were quickly deployed, and a manhunt began to apprehend the terrorists, suspected of infiltrating through a ravine route or a newly created tunnel on Saturday. Despite the intense half-hour exchange of gunfire, no casualties have been reported so far, and additional forces are reinforcing the cordon, officials said.