Security forces said there were several cave-like hideouts in Gadole forest area and that drones were being used to pinpoint location of terrorists to carry out attacks on them.
The killings of 1 police and 3 Army officers in Anantnag this week was a grim reminder of growing militancy in the Pir Panjal region, which spans Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu.
Officials said drones have been pressed into service to pinpoint the location of the terrorists who have taken positions in the forest area on a hilly terrain in J&K.
New jihadist units operate out of caves, shepherds’ shelters on Pir Panjal without contacting local support networks. Many commanders ignoring basic skills, say intelligence officer.
The operation in Kashmir, which began Tuesday evening, is still on. Uzair Khan, a self-styled commander of Pakistan-backed terror group LeT, is among two being tracked.
Joint team of Army and J&K police was climbing up steep hill in Kokernag in southern Kashmir’s Anantnag district to bust a terrorist hideout when terrorists opened fire.
While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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