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JAMMU: The ongoing hunt for 3 fugitive ultras successful the snowbound Chatroo-Dolgam-Dichhar loop was intensified connected Sunday — time 15 of Operation Trashi-I.Security forces and terrorists had concisely exchanged bullets successful Dolgam country Saturday.
One violent was believed to person sustained injuries, arsenic drone footage purportedly showed humor trails, officials said.
Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Pratik Sharma had visited Kishtwar connected Saturday to reappraisal the counter-terrorism grid.The latest gunfight was the 4th brushwood since archetypal interaction was established successful Sonnar wood adjacent Mandral-Singhpora, Chatroo, connected Jan 18, successful which 8 information unit were injured, 1 of whom yet succumbed.
On Jan 22, different gunfight broke retired with holed-up ultras successful Singhpora. Yet different firefight followed connected Jan 24, successful which a Pakistani Jaish violent was changeable dead.After an overnight cordon, the searches resumed aboriginal Sunday and continued till precocious successful the night.Officials said the ultras, connected the tally for much than 2 weeks now, had been continuously changing hideouts. Additional forces were roped successful to fortify the cordon, and sniffer dogs were deployed to assistance the troops connected the ground.
The portion was enactment nether aerial surveillance utilizing drones and choppers to plug imaginable flight routes.Security agencies were besides trying to hint violent sympathisers who whitethorn person helped the ultras with nutrient and shelter. After leaving a fortified hideout connected Jan 19, the terrorists mightiness person tally retired of rations and consumables, particularly successful presumption of the hostile upwind conditions.Mobile net services (all bandwidths) person remained temporarily suspended wrong a 6km-radius covering Singhpora, Chingam, and Chatroo since Jan 30 arsenic a information measure.
