Jammu, May 27: For the 5th straight day today, security forces continued to hunt for a group of terrorists who have been hiding in dense forests of Rajouri in Jammu region, after briefly exchanging fire on May 23.
The forces have laid an intense cordon around the suspected areas to prevent the terrorists from fleeing.
Alongside, soldiers on the ground, with the assistance of sniffer dogs, and drones in the sky have been scanning the densely-forested area.
The terrorists were intercepted briefly on Saturday last in Dorimal-Gambhir Moghla area when the security forces initiated the ‘Operation Sheruwali’ following intelligence inputs.
There was a brief exchange of fire after which the terrorists disappeared in the dense woods, according to officials.
However, the exact number of terrorists is not known.
