Kathua: On Saturday, the Jammu and Kashmir police released the portraits of four terrorists who were last seen in Dhoks of Malhar, Bani and Seojdhar in Kathua district. The police also announced a reward of Rs 500,000 for information about them.
In a post on social media platform X, the police said, “Kathua Police release sketches of 04 terrorists who were last seen in Dhoks of Malhar, Bani and Seojdhar. A reward of 05 lakhs is offered for each terrorist who provides actionable information. Anyone having credible information about terrorists will also be suitably rewarded.”
This comes in the backdrop of recent terrorist attacks in Jammu region including the terrorist attack on the army convoy in Kathua and clashes in Doda and Udhampur, which are in Jammu region.
On August 7, following an exchange of fire with terrorists in the evening of August 6, security forces launched a search operation in Khaneed area of Basantgarh in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir. Following information about suspicious movements in the area, a search and destroy operation (SADO) was launched on August 6.
Contact has been established with a group of terrorists in Khaned area of Basantgarh police station in Udhampur district. Deputy Director General of Police, Udhampur Police District, Mohammad Bhat said, “For the last three to four days, we have been monitoring the movement of terrorists in Khaned area of Basantgarh in Udhampur district. Yesterday, after getting specific information about the movement of terrorists in the area, our teams launched an anti-terrorist operation early in the morning.”
“Yesterday at around 4.30 pm, we made contact with a group of terrorists and within two hours, we did so twice. There is a group of terrorists under our police cordon and hence we are carrying out the second day of search operations today. Our CRPF, police and army are present here continuously. The group consists of three to four terrorists whom we are trying to neutralise at the earliest,” added the DIG of Udhampur Reasi Range.
Regarding the geographical conditions of the area, he said, “This area has mountainous terrain and dense coniferous forests. The weather these days is also cloudy and rainy. There is fog, so our visibility is limited.”
Meanwhile, on August 6, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said there were two terrorist attacks on pilgrims and 14 casualties reported during the last five years in the country.
Replying to a question raised by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State Rai said that the central government has framed standard operating procedures (SOPs) and has also implemented them, particularly for the safety of pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir. He added that adequate security arrangements have been put in place in coordination with all security agencies for the safety of pilgrims.
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