Overview
- Two balloons were recovered in Village Gunara in Nili Nallah under Khour Police Station in the Akhnoor sector near the Line of Control.
- A Pakistani Rs 5,000 note and a US dollar were attached, with a Pakistani mobile number written on the balloons and a scanner-like image printed.
- Jammu and Kashmir Police seized the items and opened an investigation focused on source, purpose, and authenticity of the currency.
- Authorities are conducting technical analysis and checking for any cross-border connections or ties to previous similar recoveries.
- The discovery was reported a day after an operation in Kishtwar in which three militants, including a JeM commander, were killed, with no confirmed link to that encounter.