Intermittent firing and deafening sounds of explosions rattled a forested area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district as the operation to neutralise terrorists entered the second day on Monday (August 11, 2025), officials said.
The terrorists are believed to be hiding inside a cave on a cliff at Bhagna forest in Dool area, some 25 km from Kishtwar town, the officials said.
Forces engaging two groups of terrorists in J&K’s forest areas
The search operation in the forest area started early Sunday (August 10, 2025) following intelligence input about the presence of two most wanted Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists — Riyaz Ahmad and Mudassar Hazari — who have been active in the district for the past eight years and are carrying a reward of ₹10 Lakh each.
The hiding terrorists opened fire on the search parties at 6.30 a.m. on Sunday (August 10, 2025) and fled deep into the forest in the face of retaliation, the officials said, adding intermittent exchange of fire was reported two more times during the day.
