Kathua: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday launched sketches of 4 terrorists who had been final seen in Dhoks of Malhar, Bani and Seojdhar of Kathua district. The police additionally introduced Rupees 5 lakh reward for details about them.
In a put up on social media platform X, Police mentioned “Kathua Police releases sketches of 04 terrorists who had been final seen in Dhoks of Malhar, Bani & Seojdhar. A reward of 05lakhs on every terrorist for an actionable info. Anybody with credible info of terrorists may also be suitably rewarded”.
This comes towards the backdrop of the current terror assaults within the Jammu area, together with the phobia assault on the military convoy in Kathua and encounters in Doda and Udhampur, that are within the Jammu area.
Earlier on August 7, after an trade of fireside with terrorists on the night of August 6, a search operation was launched by safety forces within the Khaneed Space of Basantgarh within the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir. After receiving enter relating to suspicious motion within the space, a SADO (search and destroy operation) was launched on August 6.
Contact has been established with a gaggle of terrorists within the Khaned space of Police Station Basantgarh in Udhampur District. DIG Udhampur Reasi Vary Rayees Mohammad Bhat mentioned, “For the final three to 4 days, we have now been monitoring the motion of terrorists within the Khaneed space of Basantgarh of Udhampur district. Yesterday, after particular enter was gleaned relating to the motion of terrorists within the space, a SADO was launched within the wee hours by our events.”
“After round 4:30 pm, our contact was established with a gaggle of terrorists yesterday and inside two hours, the contact was established twice. A bunch of terrorists is current underneath our cordon and that’s we’re conducting the second day of the search operation in the present day. Our CRPF, police and Military are persistently current right here. The group consists of three to 4 terrorists whom we are attempting to neutralise as quickly as potential,” the DIG Udhampur Reasi Vary said additional.
Elaborating on the geographical situations of the world, he mentioned, “This space has hilly terrain and dense coniferous forests. The climate nowadays can also be cloudy and wet. The situations are foggy, which is why our visibility is proscribed.”
In the meantime, on August 6, Minister of State (MoS) for Residence Affairs Nityanand Rai mentioned that there have been two terrorist assaults on pilgrims and 14 casualties had been reported through the previous 5 years within the nation.
In a reply to the query raised by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee in Lok Sabha, MoS Rai mentioned that the central authorities framed Commonplace Working Procedures (SOPs) and likewise applied them, particularly, for the protection/safety of pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir. He added that ample safety preparations in coordination with all safety businesses have been put in place for the protection of pilgrims.
