Daijiworld Media Network - Srinagar
Srinagar, Nov 15: Joint security forces launched a focused cordon and search operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Sunday, with Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat and Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir Zone, Sujit Kumar reaching the spot to personally supervise the operation, officials said.
Security forces have intensified operations in Kulgam and neighbouring districts following the November 11 attack in which two terrorists opened fire on three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in the Akhran area near Mir Bazar, injuring them.
Special checkpoints and barricades have been set up at several locations as security agencies step up efforts to track down the terrorists involved in the attack.
Officials said a focused joint cordon and search operation (CASO) was launched by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and security forces in the Mir Bazar area of south Kashmir's Kulgam district on Sunday.
DGP Nalin Prabhat, IGP Sujit Kumar and other senior officers reached the spot to monitor the operation. The search operation is being jointly conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Army and CRPF.
Meanwhile, within less than 24 hours of the November 11 attack, terrorists killed two Special Police Officers (SPOs), identified as Babi Chand and Yashpal Kumar, in a hilly area of the district. The two were reportedly on their way to an Army picket when they were attacked.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Jammu and Kashmir Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma, along with Kishtwar MLA Shagun Parihar, visited the families of the slain SPOs on Saturday.
Both leaders strongly criticised the police officers who had allegedly directed the two SPOs to proceed to the remote area with only one .303 rifle and an INSAS rifle despite reports of terrorist presence in the region.
Sharma demanded the immediate restoration of the 40-member security picket at Kyra Dachan and the reinstatement of the Special Operations Group (SOG) picket at Gujjar Kotha in the remote area.