Srinagar, Aug 14 (UNI) The security forces on Tuesday continued their search operation in the dense forests of Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir to track down the hiding militants who had killed two soldiers in an encounter on Saturday.
There has been no contact with the militants since Saturday evening.
Inspector General of Police, Kashmir V K Birdi said that the search operation to track down the hiding militants in the woods of south Kashmir’s Anantnag is continuing.
“The search operation in Anantnag is still underway and has not yet reached its logical conclusion”, Birdi told media persons in Srinagar.
He said such an operation is being conducted on the available information.
“The security forces are conscious and vigilantly undertaking the search operation,” IGP said.
“The militants are trying to create an unpleasant situation, "he said and added “the security set up is being metered or toned up keeping in view the adversaries plans”.
Two soldiers, identified as Havildar Deepak Kumar Yadav and Lance Naik Praveen Sharma, were killed on Saturday in a gun battle in the mountainous forests of Ahlan Gadole area of Kokernag, located at an altitude of 10,000 ft. A civilian Abdul Rashid Dar who was wounded during the gunfight died on Sunday.
The searches have also been extended in the Doda-Bhaderwah in Jammu region as the forest area in Anantnag where the gun battle took place is close to that area.
Police suspect that three to four foreign militants are believed to have engaged with forces on Saturday in the forest area.
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