Jammu: Army troops exchanged fire with terrorists in a forest area in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. However, there was no immediate report of any casualty in the gunfight which took place in Keshwan, the officials said.

“Alert troops of White Knight Corps at around 1 pm today, while carrying out an intelligence based operation in general area of Kishtwar, have established contact with terrorists. Fire exchanged with terrorists. Operation is in progress,” the Army said in a post on X.

The officials said a brief encounter ensued when army troops launched a search operation following inputs about the presence of terrorists in the forest area.

Reinforcements have been rushed and a search operation is underway to track down and neutralize the terrorists, they said.