On Tuesday, an encounter broke out between militants and security forces in the Akar Forests near Patnitop in the Ramban district.
The White Knight Corps of the Indian Army announced on the micro-blogging platform X, "Based on specific intelligence inputs, a joint operation by the Indian Army and JKP was launched in Akar Forest near Patnitop. Contact has been established with the terrorists, and operations are in progress."
Updates will follow as the situation develops.