Search operation launched after suspicious movement in Jammu & Kashmir's Udhampur

Jammu: Security forces on Friday launched a cordon and search operation after getting information about suspicious movement in the higher reaches of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

The searches are underway in the Chigla-Balotha area of the Basantgarh belt of the district, they said. The Army, the Jammu and Kashmir police, and the CRPF are conducting the joint operation, they added.

Basantgarh is located along a traditional infiltration route often used by Pakistani terrorists who cross the International Border in Kathua and move through the higher reaches toward Doda and Kishtwar districts in the Jammu region before heading further into the Kashmir Valley.

The area has witnessed multiple encounters and terror-related incidents in the past.

According to officials, ahe army and police launched a joint operation by army, police and CRPF after receiving information about the movement of three suspected persons in the Balotha area, they said.