India, Sept. 5 -- In a successful anti-terrorist operation, a joint team of security forces neutralised one terrorist in the central Kashmir district of Budgam on Friday. A group of terrorists were trapped in the upper reaches of the Ashdar Gali area of Budgam during an ongoing cordon and search operation since Thursday evening.

The searches were launched after receiving inputs about the suspicious movement of armed terrorists in the area. The inputs were shared by one of the temporary operating bases (TOBs) set up in the upper reaches of the Kashmir valley to track down the movement of terrorists.

On Thursday night, the security forces maintained the tight cordon and rushed additional troops to plug the exit routes. The operation resum...