Nagrota gunfight ends: 7 militants neutralized this year on the same spot

Nagrota, Nov 19, Police Thursday said that Joint Forces killed 4 unidentified militants near Ban Toll Plaza in Nagrota area of Jammu in a pre-dawn gunfight.
A police official told KNT that acting on a specific input, joint forces intercepted a truck near Ban toll plaza on Jammu-Srinagar highway in Nagrota area at around 5AM on Thursday.
“Militants present in the truck opened fire on the joint forces, who retaliated and the encounter broke out. In the ensuing gun battle, four unidentified militants were killed and the arms and ammunition carried by them was recovered,” the official said.
He added that an SOG man was injured in the gunfight who has been taken to hospital where he is stable.
Due to gunfight the traffic on Srinagar-Jammu Highway was suspended. No traffic movement is being allowed from Nagrota and Udhampur’s Tilting area till the filing of this report.