After hours of gunbattle between the forces and terrorists following an attack on a BSF convoy, one terrorist was caught alive while one was killed on Wednesday in Udhampur area of Jammu and Kashmir. Arrested terrorist has been identified as Usman, a 20-year old LeT operative from Pakistan. He has been handed over to security forces.

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Two Border Security Force jawans and a militant were killed and eight others injured when militants on Wednesday attacked a convoy of the border guarding force on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur district.

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The terror strike, which comes days after ultras attacked Dinanagar Police Station in Punjab, was the first in Udhampur district after over a decade.



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A senior police officer told PTI that "There was firing on a BSF convoy on the highway near Samroli by militants early this morning".

Two BSF jawans were killed and around eight personnel injured, the officer said.

Giving details, he said that militants hurled grenades and opened indiscriminate fire on the convoy when it reached Nassu belt on its way from Jammu to Srinagar.

BSF jawans retaliated, leaving one militant killed.



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IG Jammu, Danish Rana said that two BSF jawans and a militant were killed.

Army and police have rushed to the spot and entire area has been cordoned off, he said.

The injured have been taken to a hospital, he said, adding massive combing operations have been launched in and around areas.

Vehicular movement on the highway has been stopped due to the incident.

The convoy carrying Amarnath pilgrims had already crossed the highway when the militants attacked the BSF vehicle.



Attack on BSF convoy in Udhampur a worrying development: Omar

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the attack on a BSF convoy in Udhampur was a "worrying development" as the area had remained free from militancy for a long time.

"An attack on this stretch of the NH (National Highway) after a very long time. Worrying development because area was militant free," Omar wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Udhampur was one of the four districts of Jammu and Kashmir from where the Omar Abdullah-led state government wanted the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to be revoked citing considerable improvement in the situation.

The other districts were Srinagar and Budgam in Kashmir Valley and Jammu district in Jammu region.