India, Dec. 29 -- Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir have intensified checking and surveillance across high-influx areas, including venues hosting New Year celebrations, as part of heightened security measures to ensure a peaceful festive season.

Additional checkpoints have been established at key entry points, with enhanced patrolling, area domination exercises and surprise verifications carried out across major road networks to prevent any untoward incident.

Amid the intensified security grid, officials said multiple suspicious recoveries were reported from forward and border districts. In Poonch district's Mendhar sector, the Special Operations Group of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, acting on specific intelligence inputs, recovere...