Search operation underway in Kathua
DH NEWS SERVICE
JAMMU, Apr 20
The Romeo Force of the Indian Army and the Special Operations Group (SOG) continued their joint operation on Sunday for the sixth consecutive day in the forest area of Lasana in Poonch to trace terrorists believed to be hiding in the region.
The search operations started back on Tuesday following an exchange of fire between the security forces and terrorists on Monday night.
Security forces have cordoned off the area and are conducting extensive search operations in dense forest zones. Additional troops were also called in to assist the search operations.
According to officials, terrorists opened fire on the Romeo Force personnel, in which one of the security personnel got injured near the Lasana village located on the National Highway connecting Poonch to Jammu.
Meanwhile, the Security forces also launched a search operation after getting information about movement of three suspected persons near a forest area in Kathua district, officials said.
A priest noticed three persons with backpacks moving towards the forest area of Rasana around 3.30 am and alerted the police, the officials said.
They said a special operations group of local police along with army and CRPF troops immediately cordoned off the area and launched a massive search operation to track down the suspected persons.
However, there was no trace of the suspected persons so far, the officials said, adding the search operation was continuing deep inside the forest area when last reports were received.
