JAMMU, April 10 -- Security forces on Thursday resumed search operations after night-long cordons in Udhampur and Kishtwar districts, officials said. The night-long cordons were places after brief encounters between security forces and terrorists in Jopher-Marta belt of Udhampur district and Chatroo belt of Kishtwar district on Wednesday following the establishment of contact with terrorists, they said.
Search operations have resumed in Jopher-Marta forests and the Naidgam-Chatroo belt in Udhampur and Kishtwar districts respectively, the officials said.
The areas were strengthened with additional reinforcements to track down the terrorists operating in the areas, they said.
During a search operation by police and other security forces on...