Terror suspects seen, search operation launched in Kathua | India News – The Times of India

A joint crew of safety forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in Malhar space of Kathua district on Monday after the alleged sighting of two terror suspects within the space. Later within the day, GOC White Knight Corps (often known as 16 Corps) Lt Gen P Okay Mishra, accompanied by GOC CIF-Delta Maj Gen A P S Bal, visited Seoj Dhar to evaluate the continued anti-terror operations within the hilly districts of Udhampur, Doda and Kishtwar in Jammu Division.The armed duo was allegedly noticed in Dragal village, within the higher reaches of Kathua, prompting recent searches by a joint crew of the Military, J&Okay Police and CRPF. Sniffer canines and surveillance items had been additionally pressed into service, officers mentioned, including that the suspects had not been traced up to now, even because the operation continued.Large searches have been underway in Seoj Dhar forest on the Dudu-Basantgarh axis in Udhampur, adjoining Doda’s Bhaderwah, over the weekend after a soldier fell to terrorists’ bullets late Friday, pushing this 12 months’s safety loss of life toll in counter-terrorism operations within the area to twenty — 14 in Jammu and 6 in Kashmir. On Sunday, one other gunfight erupted between safety personnel and ultras in Keshwan forest, Kishtwar.Whereas there was no contact with terrorists after the preliminary gunfights in Seoj Dhar and Keshwan, choppers and drones had been sustaining aerial surveillance within the goal areas whereas joint events of the Military, J&Okay Police and CRPF had been combing each forests, aided by sniffer canines, officers mentioned.