Searches are being conducted at about two dozen locations in Jammu and Kashmir in response to the terror strikes.

Security forces on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) launched a massive search operation at nearly two dozen places, mostly in the higher reaches and forest areas along the Line of Control (LoC), to counter terrorists who carried out several attacks last year in various districts of Jammu region, officials said.

After carrying out deadly attacks in the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch since 2021, terrorists spread their activities to six other districts in Jammu region last year, leaving 44 people, including 18 security personnel and 13 terrorists dead.

J&K terror attacks: NIA conducts raids across multiple locations
Security forces on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) launched a massive search operation at nearly two dozen places, mostly in the higher reaches and forest areas along the Line of Control (LoC), to counter terrorists who carried out several attacks last year in various districts of Jammu region, officials said. After carrying out deadly attacks in the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch since 2021, terrorists spread their activities to six other districts in the Jammu region last year, leaving 44 people, including 18 security personnel and 13 terrorists dead. | Video Credit: The Hindu
Though the Pir Panjal districts of Rajouri and Poonch witnessed a considerable drop in the terror activities in 2024 compared to the previous years, the series of incidents in Reasi, Doda, Kishtwar, Kathua, Udhampur and Jammu from April-May onwards came as a concern for the security agencies.

The officials said a search operation is underway at 23 places – highest 10 in the Chenab valley districts of Kishtwar, Doda and Ramban, seven in Rajouri-Poonch belt and three in Udhampur, two in Reasi and one in Jammu district.