Kathua, March 31 -- Security forces on Monday intensified their efforts in the Kathua-Samba region, launching a search operation in the Samba sector near the international border to sanitise the area.

The search operation is still going on in Kathua to nab the terrorists after the encounter in the Sufian.

Authorities have placed the entire region on high alert as the search operation continues to track down potential threats.

Earlier during counter terror operation 'Safiyan' in the Kathua region, four Jammu and Kashmir police personnel lost their lives in the operation, while two terrorists were gunned down. Security forces recovered war-like stores from the encounter site.

The operation began on March 23, when locals reported the sig...