POONCH: Officials said that Security forces on Wednesday conducted searches at over half a dozen villages near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district.
In response to information concerning the movement of suspects, the police and Army conducted joint searches in the border district’s Gursai and Mendhar sectors, they claimed.
However, no one was captured throughout the operation, which lasted for a number of hours, according to the authorities.
They said that all incoming and outgoing vehicles were carefully inspected, and that the security checks on the Poonch-Mendhar road had also been tightened.
The officials added that passengers’ identity cards were also being verified and that the action was being taken to limit the movement of suspects.
