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J&K: Security forces cordon off Pulwama`s Arigam village, launch search operation
Security forces on Saturday launched a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir`s Pulwama district.
SRINAGAR: Security forces on Saturday launched a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.
The jawans cordoned off the district's Arigam village where the operation has been launched.
Yesterday, a team of Army, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Special Operations Group (SOG) Sopore personnel conducted a search operation in Baramulla's Zaloora in J&K.
They reportedly received information about the presence of terrorists in the area.
A day earlier, there were reports of civilian injured in clashes with the army in Badgam district where a gunfight was raged between security forces and militants.
According to the state police, the number of militants killed in counter-insurgency operations in J&K crossed 200 in 2017 for the first time in seven years.