SRINAGAR: A joint contingent of counter insurgent forces Tuesday launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in a Magraypora are of Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

An official told news agency KNO, that a joint team of Army’s 29 RR, CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police’s SOG launched a CASO in Magraypora village of Pattan belt this afternoon following inputs about the presence of militants in the area.

Official sources said that security forces conducted house to house searches after sealing all the entry and exit points. “The search operation is going on in the area when this report was being filed,” they said.

Further details awaited.

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