Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 28: The search operation to track down three Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists in a forested area of Basantgarh in Udhampur district entered its third day today amid heightened aerial surveillance, officials said.
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The cordon and search operation is being carried out by a joint team of security forces.
A Pakistan-based JeM terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces on Thursday, while three of his associates remain trapped in the forested area of the Basantgarh belt.
Amid strengthening of the multi-tier cordon, the search operation, widened by the joint operation group, resumed this morning with the backing of drones and sniffer dogs, they said.
The cordon has been further strengthened with additional reinforcements to eliminate the remaining terrorists of the group, the officials added.
The group had been tracked for over a year. Two terrorists affiliated with JeM from this group were eliminated in Basantgarh in September last year.
On Thursday, the four terrorists were found hiding near Karoor Nallah in the Bihali high-altitude belt and were engaged by the joint search party led by the Army’s Para Commandos, resulting in an encounter.
One of the terrorists killed in the encounter has been identified as Haider alias Jabbar, code-named Maulvi, from Pakistan.
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