J&K: Terrorists take food from village house to forest; search operation launched

NEW DELHI: Security forces launched a hunt cognition successful Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur territory connected Sunday aft terrorists allegedly took nutrient from a location successful a colony earlier fleeing into a adjacent forest, reported quality bureau PTI.According to officials, the associated cognition involving constabulary and paramilitary forces is underway successful Chore Motu colony and adjoining wood areas successful the Majalta region. The determination is astir 5 kilometres westbound of the tract of an earlier brushwood successful which a policeman was killed.Officials said an quality input was received precocious connected Saturday evening that 2 unidentified terrorists had visited the location of a section resident, Mangtu Ram, successful Chore Motu colony astatine astir 6.30 p.m. and taken food. Soon aft receiving the information, constabulary and paramilitary unit were rushed to the area. However, the terrorists had already escaped by the clip information forces reached the spot, officials said.Following this, the wood loop surrounding the colony was cordoned off. A large-scale combing cognition was launched from aggregate directions aboriginal connected Sunday greeting to hint and neutralise the terrorists, officials added.

The cognition comes days aft a deadly brushwood successful the aforesaid region. On December 15, a policeman was killed during a gunfight with terrorists astatine Soan colony successful the Majalta area, aft information forces received accusation astir the question of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists successful the area, reported PTI. In that incident, the terrorists managed to flee, taking vantage of heavy foliage and darkness.