Jammu and Kashmir: Search operation to track down terrorists continues

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A massive search operation in the forest areas of Jammu and Kashmir's twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri to track down terrorists involved in the killing of seven army soldiers entered its sixth day on Saturday, officials said.

They said gunshots were heard as the joint search parties of the army and the police resumed the operation in Poonch's Mendhar area. However, it was not immediately clear whether it was speculative firing by the search parties or fresh contact was established with the terrorists.

A vast forest area of Mendhar has been under tight security cordon since Thursday, when riflemen Vikram Singh Negi and Yogambar Singh were killed in an encounter with terrorists in the Nar Khas forest.

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