JAMMU: Teams of police and security forces accompanied by sniffer dogs and armed with metal detectors carried out a massive search operation to sanitise areas along the International Border (IB) in Samba district on Monday, officials said.
The operation was carried out based on information provided by overground workers (OGW) of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) who were arrested on Friday after police gunned down three terrorists of the banned group in an encounter in Nagrota here, they said.
The OGWs, including handler Sameer Dar, were ferrying the terrorists in a truck.
Police and security forces, including Border Security Force (BSF) and Special Operation Group (SoG), launched the search operation this morning in the area along the IB in Basantar nallah in Samba, the officials said. (AGENCIES)
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