Overview

• Alert Indian Army troops fired on suspected infiltrators in the Baratgala sector of Rajouri, forcing them back across the Line of Control.
• A subsequent search operation in Rajouri was launched to confirm that no attackers had penetrated Indian territory.
• Security forces began cordon-and-search missions in remote Poonch areas after villagers reported suspicious movement near the border.
• Jammu and Kashmir police raided eight locations in Soujian and adjoining Poonch sectors as part of a crackdown on terror infrastructure and overground support networks.
• These intensified operations follow Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s directive to uproot the ecosystem of terror by targeting militants, their local collaborators and illicit funding channels.