Anti-terror operations intensify across Rajouri, Poonch districts

A relentless chase to hunt down a group of Pakistani terrorists, spotted in the forest belt of Dorimal-Gambhir Moghla of Rajouri district, continued for the seventh consecutive day on Friday.

At the same time, another anti-terrorist search operation was also launched in neighbouring Poonch district after the suspected movement of three terrorists came on the radar of the security forces in the area.

The ongoing search operations in the Rajouri district were expanded to nearby forest areas to hunt down the foreign terrorists after a fresh round of massive fire assault was launched on their suspected hideouts inside the thickly vegetated forested area on Thursday. A fresh round of firing was also reported in the area early Friday morning, even as additional reinforcements were rushed in to launch the massive crackdown.

Security forces have been diligently tracking the movement of the suspects, following blood stains believed to have been left by the fleeing terrorists on Monday.

Operation Sheruwali began last Saturday after an encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Dorimal-Gambhir Moghla belt following intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area.

Meanwhile, Army Commander Northern Command, Lt-Gen Pratik Sharma, visited units deployed along the Line of Control in Kupwara Sector on Friday to assess the robustness of the anti-infiltration grid and review operational preparedness.

The Northern Command posted on X, “The Army Commander Lt-Gen Pratik Sharma witnessed a demonstration of innovations successfully implemented in field conditions to integrate Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) and Counter Unmanned Aerial System (CUAS) with Techniques Training and Procedures (TTPs) for enhanced combat capabilities along the Line of Control.”