Jammu: Sniffer dogs were pressed into service as a massive search operation to track down suspected militants in a forest area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district continued for the second day on Saturday, officials said.
The Army and police had launched a search operation in the forest area near Keshwan village early on Friday following information about the movement of suspected militants. A brief gunfight took place between the terrorists and the search parties on Friday and it is believed that one of them got injured, but managed to flee along with his accomplices deep inside the dense forest, officials said.
Blood stains were spotted near the scene of the gunfight. The search operation is on and sniffer dogs were pressed into service to track down the militants, officials said.
