JAMMU: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Monday to inaugurate the strategic Z-Morh tunnel in Ganderbal, security forces intensified a massive tracing operation on Sunday to locate suspected terrorists reported near LoC in the Akhnoor sector.
“The massive cordon and search operation by the army and police was launched on Saturday in Bhattal area after villagers reported suspected movements of terrorists in the Jogiwan forest area, raising concerns over a possible terrorist infiltration,” a source said.
All security units in Doda have been put on “high alert” ahead of Republic Day, due to the presence of two terrorist groups discovered in the higher areas of the mountainous district.
In October, a similar search operation in the Akhnoor sector led to the elimination of three heavily armed terrorists affiliated with Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad.