Locals in a village near Tibri cantonment of Gurdaspur district yesterday reported sighting of two men in army uniform moving in suspicious manner, following which Army and police began the search operation.
Gurdaspur was targeted by Pakistani terrorists in July last year when a police station here was attacked while Pathankot was witness to a terror strike on Air base on last Saturday. Significantly, a day before the Pathankot attack, there were reports of sighting of 4-5 terrorists after a Superintendent of Police was allegedly abducted.
Not ruling out the possibility of terrorists hiding, he said, "We are not taking any chance" and complete sanitisation will be carried out.
"Suspicion of possible terrorists is there.... We have cordoned off the entire area and combing operations are going on to sanitise it completly," the SSP said, while informing that no suspicious movement was noticed adjacent to Tibri cantonment today.
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A farmer, Satnam Singh, of Pandher village was the first one to make the claim of having seen two men in army fatigues moving in suspicious manner when he was working in the fields, police had said.
Pandher village is situated about one-and-a-half km away from the Tibri cantonment.
Police immediately swung into action and reported the matter to Army and a joint search operation was launched.
There were also reports that five terrorists had sneaked into the border area of Gurdaspur and Pathankot, following which army formations have been put on alert, officials said.