J&K: Security forces cordon off Pulwama's Arigam village, launch search operation

Security forces on Saturday launched a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.

J&K: Security forces cordon off Pulwama's Arigam village, launch search operation
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SRINAGAR: Security forces on Saturday launched a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.

The jawans cordoned off the district's Arigam village where the operation has been launched.

Yesterday, a team of Army, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Special Operations Group (SOG) Sopore personnel conducted a search operation in Baramulla's Zaloora in J&K.

They reportedly received information about the presence of terrorists in the area.

A day earlier, there were reports of civilian injured in clashes with the army in Badgam district where a gunfight was raged between security forces and militants.

According to the state police, the number of militants killed in counter-insurgency operations in J&K crossed 200 in 2017 for the first time in seven years.

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