6 Corps GoC asks troops to remain steadfast in maintaining peace in Doda-Kishtwar

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Jammu: General Officer Commanding of 16 Corps Lt General Navin Sachdeva on Monday directed troops to remain steadfast towards maintaining peace in the Doda-Kishtwar region.
Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva, who took over as GoC of the White Knight Corps recently, is undertaking a ground-zero visit to review the security situation and operational preparedness of troops in the Jammu region.
“Lt Navin Gen Sachdeva GOC, White Knight Corps visited Counter Insurgency Force (Delta) to ascertain operational preparedness in the Doda and Kishtwar region,” the White Knight Corps said on X.
The GoC complimented the force and the units for high standards of operational preparedness. He directed them to remain steadfast towards maintaining peace and tranquillity in the region, it said.
Delta Force is part of the Rashtriya Rifles looking after the operational area of the Kishtwar, Doda and Ramban districts of Jammu region.

SFs launch search ops in Poonch after suspicious movement

Jammu: The security forces launched search operations in several villages in Poonch district on Friday following reports of suspicious movement in the area, officials said on Monday.
The search operations were undertaken in Sawjian areas of Mandi tehsil, they said, adding that sniffer dogs and aerial surveillance were used in it.
Meanwhile, a search operation was underway in Krishnagati, Dharti, Dhara, Magnad and Jallas areas of Poonch to track down the terrorists, who had fired on a convoy of the Army vehicles on Friday, the officials said.
The troops are using sniffer dogs and aerial surveillance to comb the area, which has dense forest, they said.