Search for terrorists intensifies in J&K's Rajouri after encounter, more troops deployed

4 hours ago 1
ARTICLE AD BOX
Security unit   during a cordon-and-search cognition  aft  an brushwood   broke retired  betwixt  information    forces and terrorists connected  Saturday, successful  the Gambhir Mughlan area, Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday, May 24, 2026.

Security unit during a cordon-and-search cognition aft an brushwood broke retired betwixt information forces and terrorists connected Saturday, successful the Gambhir Mughlan area, Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday, May 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI

Security forces connected Sunday (May 24, 2026) intensified hunt operations and strengthened the cordon successful Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district with the deployment of further troops to way down suspected terrorists believed to beryllium hiding successful the area, officials said.

They said the cognition successful the Dorimal-Gambhir Moghla loop was expanded pursuing a little brushwood betwixt the information forces and the terrorists during an intelligence-based cognition connected Saturday (May 23, 2026).

"Search operations person been intensified successful the Dorimal-Gambhir Moghla country and the cordon has been strengthened," the officials said.

Additional information unit person been rushed to the country to assistance successful the hunt for the suspected terrorists, they said.

A associated squad of Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) had launched a monolithic cordon-and-search cognition successful the country connected Saturday pursuing circumstantial inputs astir the question of suspected terrorists.

The cognition led to a little speech of occurrence aft interaction was established with the suspected terrorists, prompting the information forces to proceed extended searches successful the forested terrain.

According to preliminary reports, the question of 2 to 3 terrorists was suspected successful the area.

The information forces besides launched a hunt cognition successful the Gudha Brahmana country of Akhnoor successful Jammu territory aft receiving accusation astir suspicious movement.

The officials said that a section pistillate informed the information unit that she had seen 3 to 4 masked persons adjacent her location whose activities appeared suspicious.

Acting connected the information, the information forces rushed to the area, cordoned disconnected adjacent villages and launched searches to verify the inputs and hint the suspects.

Published - May 24, 2026 12:19 p.m. IST

Read Entire Article