Overview
- The joint operation began Saturday when the Indian Army’s White Knight Corps said troops made contact with suspected militants at about 11:30 AM in the Gambhir Mughlan/Dorimal forest belt of Rajouri.
- Authorities named the mission Operation Sheruwali and deployed Army units together with Jammu and Kashmir Police and the CRPF to establish and hold a tight cordon.
- Security officials say two to three suspected terrorists are believed to be trapped inside the cordoned area, but identities and group affiliations remain unverified despite multiple media reports calling them Pakistani or foreign.
- Forces have expanded searches into a third day using helicopters, drones, sniffer dogs and technical surveillance while additional reinforcements were rushed in and no casualties have been confirmed.
- Rajouri–Poonch is a known infiltration corridor that reopens with seasonal thaw, so the operation builds on recent counter‑infiltration patrols and anti‑terror gains and may sustain higher border surveillance and local security measures.