Search operation underway on Srinagar outskirts

After receiving the inputs of the presence of militants in Srinagar's Gulbagh, security forces launched a search and cordon operation last night which is still underway.

Srinagar: A Cordon and Search operation (CASO) is underway since last night at Gulbagh Bagh area in the outskirts of Srinagar city as security forces suspect the presence of terrorists in the area.

Till now, no contact with militants has been established and security forces have cordoned off the area. It is learnt that militants are hiding in the area.

READ:Gunfight underway in South Kashmir's Shopian

Earlier on Saturday, two terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) outfit were arrested in connection with a hand grenade attack on a Police Post Bus Stand in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore on December 12 last year.

Last week, one security personnel had lost his life when a cordon and search operation was launched in Shopian and the terrorists started firing indiscriminately on the search party. Two terrorists were also eliminated in the operation.

READ: Three militants gunned down in Pulwama encounter

Meanwhile, three terrorists involved in the attack on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anwar Khan's residence, in which one policeman died, were gunned down by the security forces in Pulwama last Friday.

READ:J&K witnesses 17 militancy related killings in March

With ANI inputs