Cops Avert Major Attack After Terrorists Fire On Police Post In J&K's Udhampur

Alert police officers promptly retaliated and forced the terrorists to flee, averting a major tragedy.

The Sang police post in Udhampur's Basantgarh came under terrorist fire this evening, two days after a deadly ambush killed five soldiers in the area on Tuesday. However, the alert police officers promptly retaliated and forced the terrorists to flee, averting a major tragedy.

Three heavily armed terrorists were involved in the attack, sources told NDTV.

Basantgrah borders the Kathua district where an army convoy was ambushed on Monday. Five soldiers were killed and five others were injured in the attack, following which a massive combing operation was launched in the area by the army and the police amid heavy rain in the dense forests.