Kishtwar encounter: Searches continue on day 2

Kishtwar, Aug 11: A search operation by security forces to track down terrorists hiding in a Dool area of Kishtwar district entered the two day on Monday, with additional deployment made in the area to reinforce the cordon, sources said.

Official sources informed that an encounter broke out between the terrorists and the security forces in the Dool Kisthwar on Sunday.

The encounter broke out when police, assisted by Army and CRPF, launched a cordon and search operation in Nagalo Sunday early morning based on intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area.

The search has been expanded in the area to track down the hiding terrorists. It is believed there are two to three of them, sources said.—(KNC)