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A CRPF jawan was killed, and six security personnel were left injured in two separate overnight encounters in the Kathua and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir. As many as three terror incidents have been reported in J-K in the last 74 hours. Five Rashtriya Rifles personnel and a special police officer (SPO) were injured after terrorists opened fire at an Army base in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda late last night. The incident took place in Chattergalla on the Bhaderwah-Pathankot road.

Besides, a CRPF jawan, Kabir Dass, was critically injured while the security forces were engaged in a gunfight with terrorists in Kathua district's Saida Sukhal village around 3 am, PTI reported citing officials. Dass was admitted to a hospital, where he succumbed to injuries during treatment. Unrest erupted in Kathua after two terrorists opened fire at the villagers in the Hira Nagar area. One terrorist was neutralised in the military operation while searches were underway for the other. The security forces have cordoned off the area.

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“Two terrorists (who appeared to have freshly infiltrated) surfaced in village Saida Sukhal near Koota morh of Police Station Hira Nagar in the late evening of 11 June. They asked for water from a few houses to which villagers grew suspicious and slammed the doors on them and a few raised hue and cry. The terrorists panicked and fired randomly in the air and also at one odd villagers who were passing by. SHO Hiranagar and SDPO rushed to the spot, engaged the terrorists and one terrorist got killed while lobbing a grenade at the police party. Search for the other terrorist is on. Police with the help of CRPF have cordoned the area. A search party is clearing the houses one by one. So far one family of husband and wife has been evacuated to hospital. While the wife is unhurt, the husband Omkar Nath S/o Dina Nath is injured in the arm and appears to be stable,” ADGP Jammu said.

Jammu and Kashmir have been reeling under perpetual attacks by terrorists for the last few days. Three days ago, terrorists attacked a bus carrying pilgrims, causing it to crash into a gorge and killing nine passengers. The police on Tuesday released a sketch of the miscreant involved in the attack. A bounty of Rs 20 lakh has also been awarded on him.

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“Reasi police announce a reward of Rs 20 lakh for any fruitful information about the whereabouts of the terrorist involved in the recent attack on the Yatri bus in the area of Pouni,” a police spokesman said.