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Jammu, Feb 22: As security forces launched massive search operations in Jammu region on Saturday to tighten noose around the terrorists, General Officer Commanding White Knight Corps Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva chaired a joint security review meeting with focus on maintaining peace in the province.
According to the reports, the searches conducted by a joint team of J&K Police’s Special Operations Group led to the seizure of a substantial cache of arms and ammunition in Reasi District. “The hideout, located in the remote Simbli-Shajroo forest area near Chakrass in Mahore was busted following credible intelligence inputs,” an official said.
He said that among the items recovered were four Under Barrel Grenade Launchers (UBGLs), one filled and three empty AK-47 magazines, 268 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, and four packets of detonators.
Another official said that in the Pir Panjal area, multiple operations were initiated, with several joint operations carried out in the Doda-Kishtwar region.
“Similar operations have been launched in the Udhampur ,”he added.
Cordon and search operations were also conducted in Mohalla Qasba, Allapir, Jaalian in Mandi, and Mankote in Poonch district. Other key areas under operation include Dera Ki Gali, Sunderbani, and Nowshera sectors in Rajouri district, the official said.
Several locations in Poonch-Rajouri and higher reaches of Udhampur, Kathua, Doda, and Kishtwar, with a focus on Khaderan forest, are under active search, the official said.
“These operations are being conducted in response to the presence of terrorists in the region. Searches will continue till the Jammu region is sanitized and made terror free,” he added.
Meanwhile, General Officer Commanding of Jammu-based White Knight Corps Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva on Saturday chaired a joint security review meeting in Jammu with focus on maintaining peace in the region.
The meeting was held amid intensified search operations across Jammu to counter terrorists, who have shown their presence in different districts of the division by carrying out a number of attacks last year.
“A Joint security review meeting chaired by GOC White Knight Corps was conducted along with representatives of intelligence agencies, J&K Police, and CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force). The aim was to maintain peace and tranquility in the region with operational synergy,” Army’s White Knight Corps, also known as XVI Corps, said in a post on X.
