Overview
- The Army’s White Knight Corps said contact with suspects was re-established early January 31 in Dolgam, with joint teams from the Army, J&K Police and CRPF executing a coordinated operation.
- A cordon is in place and operations are ongoing, with intelligence inputs from multiple sources guiding the ground plan, according to the Army statement.
- Authorities have kept mobile internet suspended within a six‑kilometre radius covering Singhpora, Chingam and Chhatru under temporary telecommunication rules to support operational security.
- The manhunt targets a small Jaish‑e‑Mohammad cell that repeatedly slipped through earlier contacts on January 18, 22 and 25 following the initial clash that killed Havildar Gajendra Singh.
- Forces are using drones, helicopters, sniffer dogs and layered cordons in difficult, snowbound terrain, and Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Pratik Sharma visited Kishtwar to review the counter‑terror grid.