Security forces launch search operations in Kishtwar, Poonch over reports of possible terrorist movement

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A information    authoritative  stands defender  amid a cordon and hunt  cognition  successful  Poonch. File

A information authoritative stands defender amid a cordon and hunt cognition successful Poonch. File | Photo Credit: PTI

Security forces connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025) launched cordon and hunt operations on borderline areas and the mountainous hinterland of Poonch and Kishtwar districts of Jammu and Kashmir arsenic portion of heightened anti-terror measures, officials said.

Acting connected inputs astir the beingness of 2 violent groups operating successful the Doda-Kishtwar wood areas, information forces launched a cordon and hunt cognition successful the Keshwan-Chatroo vale aft apprehending violent movement, they said.

Troops utilized drones and different aerial surveillance instrumentality to show the country successful a bid to way down the terrorists, they added.

According to reports, 2 groups of Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists, with 2 to 3 operatives each, are believed to beryllium contiguous successful the area, which has witnessed encounters successful the past.

The Romeo Force of the Army besides conducted hunt operations astatine Khanetar Top on the Indo-Pak borderline successful Poonch and adjoining areas pursuing suspected violent movement, officials said, adding that the troops were equipped with aerial surveillance enactment and sniffer dogs.

Additionally, information forces person intensified conveyance checking on the Pathankot-Jammu-Srinagar nationalist road successful Kathua, Samba, Jammu and Udhampur districts arsenic portion of heightened alert up of the New Year.

The borderline information grid excessively has been further strengthened. The constabulary person activated Village Defence Guards and borderline constabulary on the Indo-Pak borderline successful presumption of imaginable infiltration from crossed the border, officials said.

Published - December 30, 2025 05:42 p.m. IST

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