Jammu, April 21, 2023 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian troops along with paramilitary personnel have launched a massive cordon and search operation (CASO) in Poonch district. The search operation was launched on Thursday evening after an attack on an Indian army vehicle in which five Indian Rashtriya Rifles personnel were killed and one injured at Bhatta Durrian in Mendhar area of the district.
The entire area, including forest of the Bata-Doriya area of the district, has been cordoned off while drones and sniffer dogs are being used to sniff out the attackers that might be hiding in the area, the Indian police official said. Officials said that a high alert has been sounded in the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch amid close vigil along the Line of Control. Traffic on the Bhimber Gali-Poonch road was stopped following the incident and people have been advised to go to Poonch via Mendhar, they said.
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