Overview
- Police and paramilitary personnel conducted surprise frisking and baggage checks of all incoming and outgoing passengers at Jammu railway station on Monday afternoon.
- Officials said the heightened checks were ordered after eight suspects, including several doctors, were arrested over an alleged plot to carry out major attacks in the country.
- Poonch police announced a Rs 5 lakh reward for credible, specific, and actionable information on the presence or movement of terrorists or their associates in the district.
- Authorities promised absolute confidentiality for informers and urged reports on individuals providing shelter, logistics, transport, finances, communications, or information on security force movements.
- The public appeal was issued after the November 10 Red Fort blast in Delhi and what police describe as the busting of a module allegedly linked to that incident.