Jammu, Sept. 18 -- Security forces killed two Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists and detained a suspected over-ground worker (OGW) during an overnight encounter in the forests of Udhampur's Majalta area, officials aware of the matter said on Thursday.

The joint operation by the Army's White Knight Corps, J&K Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) began around 9 pm on Wednesday after fresh intelligence inputs indicated the presence of terrorists in the Brattal Sohan and Khubban forests, they said.

Security personnel had been tracking a group of terrorists in the dense forest belt after their suspicious movement was noticed last week. The Army and police confirmed the killing of the two terrorists in the operatio...