Tensions Escalate in Jammu and Kashmir: 3 Encounters Unfold. Security forces engage in gunfights with terrorists in Bandipora, Udhampur, and Kulgam. The operations come amid a massive manhunt following the Pahalgam terror attack. A house belonging to suspected LeT terrorists linked to the attack was also destroyed in blasts. Top security officials, including Gen Upendra Dwivedi, review the security situation with J&K LG.