Casualties feared, claim official sources
Poonch: A military operation against militants has started in woods of Gursai Mendhar area of the Poonch on Saturday after militants attacked a vehicle beloning to armed forces personnel, officials said.
They said that there has been a massive search operation going on in the woods amid inputs about the presence of the militants from past few days.
Amid this, they said, militants attacked a vehicle either belonging to Indian Air Force or Military Engineering Services (MES).
The army and police also retaliated, leading to the operation. There was no official word about any injuries of fatalities even as the sources said that some casualties have taken place. When this report was filed, massive searches were going on and top army officers also rushed to the spot.
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