A man was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Monday night, officials said.

The incident took place when the victim, Abdula Razaq, came out of a mosque in his village Kunda Top under the Thanamandi police station area. Razaq's brother is a soldier in the Territorial Army, they said.

The terrorists opened fire from a close range, the officials said.

Security personnel rushed to the spot and launched a massive cordon and search operation to track down the terrorists, they said.