STATE TIMES NEWS
SAMBA: Jammu-Pathankot National Highway and villages near International Border were put on a high alert on Friday after the villagers claimed that they saw heavily armed men near agriculture fields.
As per the details, one local Ravinder Kumar, a native of village Chhan Kana of Jatwal area of Samba district claimed to have spotted four heavily armed persons in Army uniform, 100 meters away from him, on late Thursday night.
“Ravinder Kumar along with his father was guarding maize crop from wild animals during night when he spotted the four suspects,” the official said, adding “The father-son duo immediately informed Ghagwal police about those suspects. They spotted four persons in Army uniform near the railway bridge. They were carrying bags and guns on their shoulders. When they asked them to stop, they ignored them”.
The police official said that soon after Ravinder Kumar informed them, security forces launched a massive cordon and search operation (COSA) in border district Samba.
Defence sources said, “an alert has been sounded in border areas of Samba and Kathua districts with the deployment of additional forces on both sides of the ‘vulnerable’ Jammu-Pathankot national highway.”
Police immediately came into action, sealed whole area under the overall supervision of DySP G.R Bhardwaj. SHO Ghagwal inspector Rakesh Sharma, SOG, CRPF and police personnel jointly conducted the search operation but nothing suspicious was found even after 16 hours of search . Police is vigilant and has increased the strictness and checking of vehicles.