Jammu, March 26
The search operation to trace terrorists hiding in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district entered its fourth day on Wednesday, with the villagers also joining hands with the security forces.
A local woman informed the police on Tuesday that two men in army uniform asked her for water while they were having food in the area. This prompted the area to be cordoned off.
Security has been tightened along the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway in the Samba-Kathua section, with increased vigilance on border roads, officials said.
The search operation is underway in multiple areas from Sanyal to Ding Amb and beyond, covering several kilometers.
The operation involving the Army, NSG, BSF, police, Special Operation Group, and CRPF armed with technical and surveillance equipment, is supported by helicopter, UAVs, drones, bulletproof vehicles, and sniffer dogs.
Security agencies have questioned several persons in various areas and picked up three suspects for questioning, they said. During the search operation on Tuesday, security forces recovered two grenades.
The tracksuits found among a large cache of ammunition and other materials in the Sanyal forests were identical to those worn by the four JeM terrorists killed in the Assar forests and Doda in June and August last year.