J-K: Authorities neutralise Pakistani JeM terrorist in Kathua district

A team of officials neutralised a Pakistani Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist in the general area of Billawar, Kathua district. Further details on the matter are awaited.

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A small JKP team neutralised a Pakistani Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist in a joint operation with the Army and CRPF in the general area of Billawar, Kathua district, IGP Jammu informed on Friday evening.

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A Pakistani Jaish terrorist has been neutralised by a small JKP team in a joint operation with the Army and CRPF in the general area of Billawar, Kathua district.

— IGP Jammu (@igp_jammu) January 23, 2026

Meanwhile, ANI reported, citing White Knight Corps, that acting on specific intelligence inputs, a joint operation was launched by the Army and Police on Friday in the general area of Parhetar, Kathua. The area was cordoned, and contact was established. In a precise strike by the joint forces, one foreign terrorist was eliminated, and search operations are on. 

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Further details on the incident are awaited. 

Kishtwar Encounter

In a separate incident, following a four-day interval since the first gunfight occurred in Singhpora village, located in the Chatroo area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, a new encounter started at the same location on Thursday between the joint security forces and the terrorists. 

IANS reported, citing officials, that the fresh exchange of firing started in the village after the joint forces engaged the hiding terrorists in gunfire exchanges.

Multiple teams of the Army, police, and paramilitary forces, supported by drones and sniffer dogs, have been combing the area for the last four days while maintaining a tight security cordon to ensure that the terrorists are not able to escape.

Thursday’s encounter marks the fourth conflict between security forces and terrorists in the Jammu region this year, as per IANS.

Previously, encounters occurred in the Kahog and Najote forests in the Billawar area of Kathua district on January 7 and 13, respectively.

On December 15 last year, a police officer was killed in an encounter with terrorists at Soan village in the Majalta area of Udhampur district.

(with agencies' inputs)