Overview
- Joint teams resumed combing at first light with sniffer dogs and additional troops, and the cordon around the Majalta forests has been strengthened.
- Constable Amjad Ali Khan of the Indian Reserve Police’s 22nd Battalion died of gunshot wounds; he was honored at a wreath‑laying in Udhampur and laid to rest in Poonch.
- Police say contact was established on precise intelligence in Soan village and the three holed‑up gunmen are suspected to be linked to Pakistan‑based Jaish‑e‑Mohammad.
- Officials report one militant is believed injured from the initial exchange, and two policemen suffered minor bullet wounds during the encounter.
- All escape routes have been sealed as searches continue in difficult terrain, with security drills also heightened in nearby Samba after reports of suspicious movement.