Jammu: Security forces on Monday launched a search operation near the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Official sources here said that acting on specific inputs about the suspicious movement, a joint team of Army, police, and Special Operation Group launched searches in Mendhar, Krishna Ghati, Surankote and other border villages close to the Line of Control in Poonch district.
“The search operation is in progress,” said the official.
Notably on Feb 8, Indian troops effectively retaliated to the firing by suspected terrorists along the Line of Control in Rajouri district.
Official sources said that the suspected terrorists fired a few rounds on the patrol party on LoC in Rajouri.
“The Indian Army troops effectively retaliated to the firing,” they said adding that no injury was reported on the own side.
Meanwhile, on the intervening night of February 4-5, a major infiltration was foiled when a group of suspected terrorists believed to be killed in a landmine explosion on the Line of Control in the Battal area of Krishna Ghati Sector in Mendhar area of Poonch district.
