J&K: High alert in Rajouri, security forces conduct search operation after firing incident

Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 23 (ANI): Following a firing incident last evening, security forces have been put on high alert in Rajouri.

A search and cordon operation is currently underway in Kunda village, located in the Shahdara Sharief area of Rajouri’s Thanna Mandi tehsil.

A man was shot dead by unidentified persons on Monday evening, police said. The firing incident took place in Kunda Top in J&K’s Rajouri.

On Sunday, Jammu and Kashmir Police, in a joint operation with Special Operations Group (SOG), arrested a registered overground worker (OGW), who is also a school headmaster, with a foreign-made pistol and Chinese grenades from the Hari Budha area of Poonch district.

Further information is awaited.