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Kathua gunbattle enters sixth day, hideouts identified
Jammu, Sept 07: Using sniffer dogs and high powered mine detectors to target four to five possible hideouts, authorities today intensifed the search operation to track down seven holed up Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants in Ghatti forest area as the Kathua gunbattle entered the sixth day, with no signs of an immediate end.
Jammu, Sept 07: Using sniffer dogs and high powered mine detectors to target four to five possible hideouts, authorities today intensifed the search operation to track down seven holed up Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants in Ghatti forest area as the Kathua gunbattle entered the sixth day, with no signs of an immediate end.
"Sniffer dogs, high tech mine detectors and other GPS systems were used today as search operations have been intensified to eliminate the seven holed up Lashkar militants
in Ghatti forest in Kathua since early this morning,” the official sources said.
Some possible hideouts numbering four to five have been identified and security forces have begun closing in towards the area, narrowing down the distance to 1.2 sq km from four sq km, when the operation started, sources told news agencies here today.
"It is a difficult operation in dense forests and ravines. We want to go slow but ensure elimination of all seven terrorists with minimum casualties on our own side,” they said.
The firing from militants side had stopped yesterday after one to two Pika gun rounds were fired by militants around 11 am. Due to this fact sniffer dogs, high tech mine detectors and gps was put in place and intensified searches launched from this morning.
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Some possible hideouts numbering four to five have been identified and security forces have begun closing in towards the area, narrowing down the distance to 1.2 sq km from four sq km, when the operation started, sources told news agencies here today.
"It is a difficult operation in dense forests and ravines. We want to go slow but ensure elimination of all seven terrorists with minimum casualties on our own side,” they said.
The firing from militants side had stopped yesterday after one to two Pika gun rounds were fired by militants around 11 am. Due to this fact sniffer dogs, high tech mine detectors and gps was put in place and intensified searches launched from this morning.
Bureau Report