New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- Two suspected members of the Pakistan-based proscribed group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were killed during a security operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, officials said on Thursday. An alleged over-ground worker was detained.

The operation was carried out jointly by the Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and the CRPF in the mountainous Brattal Sohan and Khubban forest areas of Majalta, close to the Kathua district border.

The operation took place despite heavy rainfall in the region.

The Army separately confirmed that two terrorists were killed during the operation.

The Jammu-based White Knight Corps said in a post on X, "In a joint intelligence-based operation during the intervening night of September 1...