Search for 3 Jaish ultras on, OP enters Day 3
Jammu, June 29 -- Security forces continued to scan Karur Nullah (rivulet) and adjoining jungles in Basantgarh area of Udhampur district to track down three Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists for the third consecutive day on Saturday, said officials. Searches have been intensified amid aerial surveillance but there has been no contact with remaining ultras, said a senior police officer.
The army has also pressed into service its sniffer dogs to trace the terrorists, he added.
A Pakistan-based JeM terrorist identified as Haider alias Jabbar alias Maulvi was killed in an encounter with security forces on Thursday. Three of his associates remain trapped in the forested area of the Basantgarh belt. Amid strengthening of the multi-tier cordon, the search operation, widened by the joint operation group, resumed this morning with the backing of drones and sniffer dogs, he said.The cordon has been further strengthened with additional reinforcements to eliminate the remaining terrorists, the officials added....
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