Just two days after terrorists attacked an Indian Army convoy leading to the death of five soldiers, an exchange of fire was reported in Sang Police Picket of Basantgarh Tehsil of Udhampur district, said Joginder Singh, SSP Udhampur. While some reports claimed that, the terrorists began firing, after which the troops retaliated and the terrorists fled the spot, an official stated that the sentry at a police post fired some shots in the air in J&K's Udhampur district on Wednesday after noticing some suspicious movement.

"Sentry opened fire towards the tree line after discerning suspicious movement. People should refrain from circulating unsubstantiated posts," an official told IANS. Notably, there has been a tremendous increase in the terror reports in Jammu and Kashmir.

For the past three days, a large search effort has been underway in the Kathua district following an incident that killed five army soldiers and injured five others.

The security forces have also strengthened their presence in the forested areas of Udhampur, Reasi, Ramban, and Doda districts of the Jammu division.

Meanwhile, security forces intensified their search operations in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, a day after an encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in the district.

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An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in the Sezan forest area of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Tuesday evening, even as the Army, police and CRPF launched a search operation to track down militants involved in the attack on an Army convoy on July 8.

On July 8, as many as five soldiers lost their lives while eight soldiers sustained injuries when a group of heavily armed terrorists ambushed a patrolling party of the Army in the Badnota area in Kathua.

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The attack on the Machedi-KindliMalhar road in a remote area, approximately 150 km from Kathua town is believed to be the latest in a series of terrorist incidents in the region, which have been attributed to attempts by Pakistan to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere in Jammu and Kashmir.

(With inputs from agencies)