JAMMU, Dec. 18 -- Security was put on high alert in Samba district and adjoining districts of Samba, Jammu and Kathua after locals claimed they spotted three suspected terrorists with weapons and backpacks in Samba district's Mansar area on Tuesday.

"I was collecting tree leaves in a jungle near Mansar when I came across three suspected terrorists, one in army combat fatigues and two others in black uniforms, carrying backpacks and weapons," said a man, who hailed from Jaikhaid but has been living in Mansar for the past nearly five years.

"While two sat on the ground, the one standing signaled me to come close to them. Sensing trouble, I panicked and fled the spot," he added.

The man claimed that the three men were not locals and obvio...