Crackdown in Jammu and Kashmir: Search, cordon operations underway in Pulwama

Following the abduction and killings of three policemen in Jammu and Kashmir, a combined search and cordon operation has been launched to comb out terrorists from Pulwama.

Cordon and search operations in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama.   |  Photo Credit: ANI

Pulwama: A massive anti-terror crackdown in Kashmir where a joint effort has been put in South Kashmir and eight villages have been cordoned off. It is combined effort by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), and the Indian Army where they are undertaking a door to door search operation.
The backdrop of the operation is yesterday's killings where three cops were abducted and brutally killed by terrorists. The bullet-ridden bodies of two SPOs and a police constable were found in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district. They were kidnapped from their homes.
The cordon and search operation has been launched in eight villages of Pulwama. The security forces launched the operation because they believe that the militants who abducted the cops may be hiding in such villages. In view of the abduction and killing of the cops, the search has been launched.

Terror attacks have been continuing in the valley. A similar incident occurred on August 29 when four policemen were killed when they were fired upon by militants in Shopian's Arhama. Earlier in August, three other policemen were also gunned down in three separate attacks by terrorists in Pulwama and Kulgam's villages.
On Friday, five LeT terrorists were killed in an encounter in North Kashmir's Bandiporqa district. This was hours after the bodies of three cops were found after they were abducted separately from their homes in Shopian. The cops were abducted even as the villagers pleaded to let them go, the police said. 

Source: https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/india-third-worst-terror-hit-country-cpi-maoist-fourth-largest-terror-group-us-study/288373