Srinagar
Government forces on Monday launched a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) in Lal Chowk area of Srinagar.
An eyewitness said that forces’ personnel comprising the state police and the CRPF were deployed near Kothibagh Girls higher secondary School exchange road Lalchowk.
CRPF personnel and policemen were searching the offices and the buildings in the area.
An official said that the CASO was launched following inputs about the presence of militants in the area.
More details are awaited.
