High alert was sounded in Pathankot on Tuesday following inputs about suspicious movement of armed men in Army uniform with Punjab Police launching a massive search operation near army base area located along side Pathankot-Dalhousie road.
Following the input, the search operation was launched at a massive scale in around 4-5 km area near army cantonment along side Dalhousie road, police said.
Searches were also conducted near Chakki river, police said. Himachal Pradesh police was also alerted about the suspicious movement which also conducted search in their area, police said.
However, the search operation which went on for 5 hours, was suspended during night with police saying it will resume on Wednesday. Around 400 security personnel including SWAT team and three SP rank officers were deployed for conducting the search operation by the Punjab police in the district where terrorist from across the border had struck the IAF airbase in January.