MENDHAR/JAMMU: Security forces on Tuesday launched a cordon-and-search operation in multiple villages of Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
The joint operation, involving the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the local police and the CRPF, was underway in Soyian Katha, Banjola forest, Jallian-Azamabad, Khanetar Mohalla, Kalsan, and Dupriana after receiving inputs about the movement of suspected persons, they added.
Officials further said that SOG, along with Rashtriya Rifles troops, had carried out searches on Monday in Kotli Bawin Ghali in Manjakote, Behra Kasab, and Topa and Manglaanu in Mendhar. However, no arrests were made during the day-long operation.
