PM Modi hails security forces over Nagrota encounter

A day after Nagrota encounter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed the security forces and said that they have defeated a nefarious plot to target grassroots level democratic exercises in Jammu and Kashmir.

PM Modi tweeted, "Our security forces have once again displayed utmost bravery and professionalism. Thanks to their alertness, they have defeated a nefarious plot to target grassroots level democratic exercises in Jammu and Kashmir.

"Neutralising of 4 terrorists belonging to Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed and the presence of large cache of weapons and explosives with them indicates that their efforts to wreak major havoc and destruction have once again been thwarted."

On Thursday, security forces had gunned down four Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists in Jammu's Nagrota.