Joint operation launched to track killers of two jawans

A joint team of Rastriya Rifles and police,along with tracker dogs,are conducting search operations in Kheori Kund,Bhatpora,Bhimdasa and Gool areas of the district,they said.

The area comprises dense forests,deep valleys and rugged mountains and the operation is very difficult,the officials said.

Militants killed two jawans — Mohammad Sharief and Mohammad Khalil of 163 Territorial Army (TA) Battalion when they had gone for a specific operation in Khora-Baghpora area in Bhimdasa belt of Gool tehsil in Ramban district on January one.

Their bodies were recovered during an operation by the Army,which also busted a hideout close to the area and recovered two rifles — UMG and 303 rifle.