Members of the same terrorist gang assassinated nine police officers between October 11 and 14.
A large Army search operation has been launched in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district after witnesses claimed to have seen highly armed militants in the Khablan jungles.
As a precaution, the Thanmandi-Rajouri road has been closed.
Today, a major anti-terror operation is taking place in the Indian-administered Kashmir districts of Poonch and Pirpanjal.
Following the death of five soldiers in combat in the Surankote forests on October 11, an operation was launched on October 11 that has already claimed the lives of nine soldiers, including two officers.
It was eventually extended to Mendhar as the Army fought to apprehend the fleeing militants.
According to official sources, the villagers complained about the terrorists yesterday.
According to reports, these terrorists are linked to a cell that murdered nine police officers between October 11 and 14.
The Army has been conducting counter-terror operations since then, but the terrorists appear to be well-established in the forest area. There has been no communication since the October 24 shooting in Bhatti Durrian, which resulted in the death of one terrorist.
Authorities, according to the news agency PTI, have removed a significant amount of the woodland belt in order to restore the roadway and allow locals to resume their normal lives.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent Diwali this week with soldiers from Nowshera in Rajouri district as part of an effort to boost morale of troops on the Line of Control.
There have been no reports of terrorist activity in the Poonch and Rajouri districts since 2003.
Terrorism has returned to the United States for the first time in 18 years, and it is widely regarded as a serious threat to public safety.