Srinagar: Army, paramilitary and police forces on Thursday moved reinforcements to cordon off Khrew forest in south Kashmir's Pulwama district to nab suspected terrorists holed up in the area, a police official said.
"We believe the terrorists are still hiding in the area though they have moved deeper into the forest. We have reinforced the cordon and searches are continuing," a senior police officer told IANS on Thursday.
The officer said that one terrorist has been killed in a three-day operation in the forest area where at least 10 heavily armed insurgents are believed to be hiding.
The killed separatist guerrilla was identified as Mudasir, an expert bomb maker of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, he said.
Reports on Wednesday said that Army helicopters have been deployed in the area to hunt down the hiding guerrillas.
"The troops are searching the forest area, though there has been no contact with the terrorists on Thursday," the officer said.
Operations are also on in Zachaldara forest area in north Kashmir's Kupwara district where the security forces have so far killed three LeT terrorists including a top commander.
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