Security forces today launched a search operation in several villages near the International Border in Kathua district following information about suspicious movement of some persons, a police officer said.
A local informed the forces about the presence of four suspicious persons in fields of Mahesh Chack village following which the search operation was launched this morning, SSP Kathua Suleman Choudhary told PTI.
The operation was jointly carried out by the police, Army and paramilitary forces in the village and adjoining areas but nothing was found during the day-long drive.
The joint parties searched the area falling under five kms radius near the border in the jurisdiction of Rajbagh police station and visited the house of the informant for further leads, the officials said.
As a precautionary measure, police personnel have been deployed at several places to maintain a close vigil, he said.
The villager was not sure whether one of the four persons, whom he had seen in the fields, was talking to someone on wireless set or mobile, they said, adding he had seen the other three lying on the ground in the fields.
The officials said a tight vigil is being maintained all along the border which along with Arnia and R S Pura sectors witnessed intermittent ceasefire violations by Pakistan since September 13, resulting in the death of two persons a BSF Jawan and a woman and injuries to over 30 others.
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