NEW DELHI:
Gunshots
were heard early Monday morning in the
Bandipora district
, prompting security forces to cordon off the area and initiate a
search operation
, according to ANI.
The incident occurred in the forest area of
Aragam village
in Bandipora. Officials reported hearing gunshots in the early hours of Monday, which led to an immediate response from security forces.
“Gunshots were heard in Aragam village of Bandipora district in the wee hours of Monday morning.
Immediately afterwards, security forces cordoned off the area and started searches. Gunshots stopped after some time while the search operation is still going on in the area,” officials was quoted as saying.
This comes a day after Amit Shah reviewed the security situation in the Union territory in the wake of recent terrorist attacks.
Shah, on Sunday, directed security agencies to implement area domination and zero-terror plans in the Jammu division like they did in Kashmir to achieve success.
In another subsequent meeting, the home minister reviewed the preparations for the annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas.
Since June 9, there have been terror strikes at four places in Reasi, Kathua and Doda, where nine pilgrims were killed, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was killed, a civilian was injured and at least seven security personnel were injured.
Last week on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir following the series of terror-related incidents.
More details regarding the gunshots and ongoing search operation in Bandipora are awaited as the situation continues to unfold.
