Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at a village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday morning.
A police official said that a joint team of army, SOG and CentralReserved Police Force personnel laid a seige around the vast orchards in HeffShirmal village and began a search operation.
“The operation was launched following the inputs aboutthe presence of militants in the area”, the official said.
The operation was in progress at the time of filing thisreport.