Punjab: Search operation launched after villagers spot 4 suspicious men

The Punjab police launched a massive operation in Saidipur village of Pathankot district after a local claimed to have spotted four suspicious men and an abandoned car. According to reports, the search operation is underway in and around Saidipur village in Pathankot district.

A white Maruti-Suzuki Alto car having Jammu and Kashmir registration number was found near the Bamiyal area. The police said that the suspected men abandoned the vehicle and fled from the spot after police personnel asked them to stop for checking at a police barrier.

Earlier, on November 14, another massive search operation was carried out in the frontier areas in Punjab after four suspected terrorists hijacked a taxi at gunpoint.

The state police were placed on high alert last week after its counter-intelligence wing suggested that six to seven Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists “could be moving towards Delhi” from the state.

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