Massive searches are underway in Doda to track the militants.

The militants who are believed to have escaped after killing four Indian Army personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda on Monday night had a brief exchange of fire with security forces during the early hours of Wednesday in a forested area of the district.

Massive searches by security forces, Jammu Kashmir Police, and Central Armed Police Force personnel are underway in the area, said officials

On Monday night, militants attacked a joint search party of the Army and police personnel in the forest area killing a Captain among four soldiers. They are believed to be the same group who had fled after attacking the security forces and police in Foda district’s Sezan forests on the evening of July 9.

The security forces and Jammu and Kashmir Police have been conducting a series of joint and coordinated operations to eliminate militants who they believe to have infiltrated from across the border and are moving in the upper reaches of Udhampur, Doda, and Kishtwar districts.

Searches in Doda forests have been underway since terrorists attacked a patrol party killing an SPO on April 28 in Udhampur’s Basantgarh area which borders Bhaderwah’s Seij Dhar area.