Overview
- Security forces pushed the cordon-and-search into a second day with joint police and paramilitary teams operating in Chore Motu and nearby forest villages.
- The search area was widened to nearly ten kilometres on Monday morning with support from sniffer dogs and aerial surveillance.
- Officials reported the duo were sighted multiple times in recent days, including on Sunday night, suggesting continued movement through dense foliage.
- An intelligence input said two unidentified men visited Mangtu Ram’s house in Chore Motu around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and took food.
- The operation is about five kilometres west of a December 15 encounter in Soan that killed a policeman, with officials attributing related militant movement to Jaish-e-Mohammad.