The security forces are conducting searches to track down a group of militants hiding in the forest areas. Besides, security forces are also conducting searches in forest areas of Udhampur, Kathua, Kishtwar and Reasi districts.Police in July created a new special force of 960 young recruits drawn from border villages and deployed on the border areas to fight militancy and check infiltration of militants in J&K. Of them, 560 have been deployed in border areas of Jammu region and the rest in the border areas in the Valley.After a surge in terror strikes, the government has deployed 4000 additional security personnel, including 500 elite para commandos, in the forest areas of Jammu region.Terror-prone zonesFour counter-terror units would be in action in Reas district at Pouni/Ransoo, Mahore/Chassana, Gulabgarh and Passana, and three units each in Ramban and Poonch districts. Two counter-terror units each will operate in Udhampur, Kathua, Doda and Kishtwar districts and one unit in Rajouri’s Kalakote area,” the officer said. Of the eight districts, where the units would be deployed, seven have witnessed militant attacks.
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