Search operation launched in Jammu Kashmir's Kathua following suspected movement

A cordon and search operation was launched by security forces in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. The operation was conducted after the officials received specific information about the presence of militants in the area.

Jammu (Jammu Kashmir): Security forces have launched a search operation following information about the movement of suspected persons in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, officials said on Wednesday.

On receiving the information that some people saw the movement of suspected persons in the Sandroon forests belts of Bani tehsil, police and the army launched a cordon and search operation on Tuesday, they said.

The operation is still going on, the officials said.

Some shepherds informed the village head that they saw in the upper reaches movement of suspected persons, who were armed, they said.

The village head informed police about it and subsequently, the army and the police rushed to the area and launched the operation, the officials said.

PTI report.