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Security forces connected Wednesday (January 14, 2026) stepped up an ongoing hunt cognition by extending the cordon to way down and neutralise terrorists successful distant villages of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said.
Several gunshots were heard erstwhile the information forces launched the cognition successful the Najote wood country successful Billawar tehsil connected Tuesday (January 13, 2026) based connected accusation astir the beingness of a violent there.
There was nary interaction betwixt the violent and the information forces. Fresh inputs suggested that helium managed to flight the cordon by taking vantage of the treacherous terrain and darkness, the officials said.
He took nutrient from a shepherd successful a adjacent country astir midnight earlier moving heavy into the forest, they said.
Reinforcements person been fanned retired successful antithetic directions and much than a twelve villages astir Najote person been cordoned disconnected to way down the violent and his associates, they added.
According to the officials, Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) besides launched a cordon and hunt cognition successful Jakhole Baira and adjoining villages successful the Rajbagh country aft a section reported suspicious question of 2 persons adjacent his cattle shed.
However, nary hint of the suspicious persons has been recovered truthful far, the officials said.
Ahead of Republic Day, information has been tightened crossed the Jammu region, peculiarly successful borderline villages and high-altitude areas, to curb violent activities.
Frequent drone intrusions from crossed the borderline implicit the past fewer days person besides emerged arsenic a large information concern, prompting the deployment of further forces astatine susceptible locations.
Intensified patrolling, country domination exercises and nighttime surveillance are being carried retired to forestall immoderate infiltration effort oregon airdropping of arms and narcotics, the officials said.
