Jammu, Aug 7: Fresh firing resumed in woods of Thanmandi in Rajouri district on Saturday, a day after two militants were killed, officials said.
A police officer said that after two militants were killed on August 7, searches were continuing in the remote village of Pangai, which is in a forested area of Thanmandi. “Fresh firing resumed this afternoon,” the officer said.
A joint cordon and search operation was launched by the Indian Army and police based on specific intelligence inputs, officials said.
During the operation on Friday, a fierce gun fight took place with two militants who were later killed, they said. The identity of the slain militants was yet to be established.
A police spokesman said that two AK 47 rifles with 7 magazines, four grenades and some pouches besides packets of medicine were recovered from possession of the two killed militants.
