Sources said the two Assam Rifles battalions will be deployed in a Kathua area of Jammu to carry out combing operations and then start a coordinated operation to flush out militants. Meanwhile, CRPF will take over security duties where these two battalions of Assam Rifles were deployed in Manipur.“The Assam Rifles has a rich experience in counter-insurgency operations,’’ said an official. Assam Rifles is the only paramilitary force in the country that operationally comes under the Army and is headed by an Army officer.At least 22 people, including 11 security personnel and a village defence guard member, have been killed this year in terror-related incidents in Rajouri, Poonch, Reasi, Udhampur, Kathua and Doda districts.
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