Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu Zone, B S Tuti, on Tuesday said terrorists hiding in deep forest areas would be neutralised as they pose a major challenge to the security forces.

Tuti was speaking to mediapersons after the wreath-laying ceremony on Police Commemoration Day at the Police Martyrs’ Memorial in Jammu.

“For the past two years, foreign terrorists have been a major challenge for the security forces. We have strengthened our security grid and I hope that we will be able to neutralise these ultras,” said Tuti.

He said several encounters had taken place in the past two years, particularly in the mountainous parts of the Jammu region, where Pakistan-trained terrorists hiding in forests have ambushed Army vehicles, resulting in the loss of many soldiers.

Tuti added that t

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