Jammu, Dec. 29 -- To ensure safe New Year celebrations, security forces in Jammu and Kashmir have intensified checking and monitoring across high-influx areas, including venues hosting parties, as part of a maximum alert.

According to the details the additional checkpoints have been deployed at entry points, plugging every major road connectivity with enhanced patrols, area domination exercises, and surprise verifications to thwart any potential threats during the festive season.

Amid these measures, multiple suspicious recoveries were reported in forward and border districts, officials said.

They said that in Poonch district's Mendhar sector, the Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police, acting on specific intelligence...