Kathua anti-terror op intensified, cordon extended

JAMMU: Security forces connected Wednesday intensified the ongoing anti-terror cognition successful Najote colony successful J&K’s Kathua territory by extending the cordon to astatine slightest a twelve surrounding villages, officials said.

Yet different specified cognition was launched successful Rajbagh, besides successful Kathua, aft a nonmigratory reported sighting 2 panic suspects.The cordon-and-search cognition successful Najote was launched Tuesday based connected quality inputs astir the beingness of terrorists successful the area, and intermittent firing took spot betwixt information unit and ultras. The portion lies adjacent Kamadh Nallah successful Kahog wood belt, wherever an brushwood had erupted connected Jan 7.Officials said nary further interaction was established with the terrorists successful Najote aft Tuesday’s little occurrence exchange, and it was suspected that the ultras whitethorn person managed to flight the cordon by taking vantage of treacherous terrain and darkness.Later, locals reported a panic fishy taking nutrient from a shepherd successful the country astir midnight earlier vanishing into the heavy forest. “Following this, further forces were rushed to the tract to fortify the cordon, which has present been expanded to implicit a twelve villages surrounding Najote to way and termination the terrorists,” an authoritative said.

J&K Police’s SOG initiated a caller cordon-and-search cognition successful Rajbagh’s Jakhole Baira and adjoining villages Wednesday aft a villager reported spotting 2 suspected terrorists adjacent his cattle shed. However, the suspects could not beryllium traced truthful far, officials said.On March 28, 2025, 4 policemen were killed successful a fierce weapon conflict with terrorists successful Safiyan-Jakhole village, portion 2 Pakistani ultras were gunned down.