Udhampur: A major search operation has been launched in the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir after reports of terrorists taking food from a house were received. Security forces are carrying out search operation on the forests around Chore Motu.
There are several forest villages in the Majalta area. This is about five km from the spot of the last encounter that left a policeman dead.
According to the police, an intelligence input was re
ceived late Saturday that two unidentified terrorists visited the house of Mangtu Ram at Chore Motu village around 6.30 pm and took food.
Police and paramilitary forces were immediately mobilised, but the terrorists could not be found, officials said, as reported by The New Indian Express.
The forest belt near the village was cordoned off, and a combing operation was launched simultaneously from different sides with the first light of the day on Sunday to track down and neutralise the terrorists, the officials said.
On December 15, a policeman was killed in an encounter with terrorists at Soan village in the Majalta area after security forces received information about the movement of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists in the area.
The terrorists managed to escape, taking advantage of thick foliage and darkness, the officials said.