A search operation has been launched in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Sunday after the Indian armed forces received inputs of terrorists visiting a local home and taking food before disappearing into the forests, PTI reported.
Manhunt launched
A joint search operation by police and paramilitary forces is underway in Chore Motu village and the surrounding forest areas in the Majalta region, officials said. The area lies about five kilometres west of the site of a recent encounter in which a policeman was killed, The Times of India reported.
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Officials said they received intelligence late on Saturday night that two unidentified terrorists had visited the house of a local named Mangtu Ram, in the aforementioned area, around 6:30 PM, and had food there. Security forces were immediately rushed to the area, but the suspects had fled by the time they arrived.
Following this, forces sealed off the nearby forest belt and launched a large-scale combing operation from several directions early on Sunday to track down and neutralise the terrorists, TOI reported.
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The previous attack
A police officer was killed during a gunfight with terrorists on December 15 at Soan village in the Majalta region. The security forces had received information regarding the movement of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists in the region, PTI reported. This operation comes after the fatal encounter with terrorists that took place on that day. After firing, the terrorists managed to escape through the dense forest.
