In the Basantgarh area of Udhampur district, six encounters have taken place between terrorists and security forces during the last 14 months. Three soldiers of security forces have been sacrificed in all these encounters. On 24 April 2025, an army soldier was killed in an encounter with terrorists, VDG was sacrificed on 28 April 2024, a CRPF jawan was killed on 19 August 2024. Apart from this, on 6 and 11 August 2024, 11 September 2024, terrorists encounter. Search operations were conducted 33 times in 14 months in this area. This operation has been carried out by Army, CRPF, SOG and police.
The terrorists active in Basantgarh are fully trained and escape by dodging again and again. The terrorists surrounded by Basantgarh in Udhampur belong to Pakistan. These terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist organization are highly trained, who specializes in living in forests, crossing rivers and canals in minutes. This is the reason why they have been active in the area for a long time. Despite continuous encounters, they escape by dodging the security forces.
It is feared that these terrorists infiltrated the samba-katua limits a year and a half ago. After this, he reached Udhampur Basantgarh area. Since then, these terrorists are active and from time to time they face security forces. Sources say that the terrorists have created a big network for themselves in the entire area.
Such places are being used for the whereabouts, which no one is noticed. Investigation agencies also suspect that these terrorists are being provided logistics, shelters and other items at the local level. This is the reason why they have been active in the area for so long. These terrorists do not directly contact the helpers for logistics at the local level. Intelligence agencies are also trying to find out OG workers working for them.