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Srinagar: Indian army launches a massive operation after Village defence guards on Sunday (November 12) opened fire over observing suspicious movement in a village in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, the officials said. No one was injured in the firing that took place in the wee hours at around 4 am in upper Dhangri. Notably, terrorists had killed seven people in the same village in an attack earlier this year, they added.
The guards fired indiscriminately nearly two dozen rounds after noticing some suspicious movement outside a house in the village, they said.
Search operation initiated
The Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Indian Army have launched a line or circle of soldiers preventing access to or from an area or building and search operation in the village and nearby areas as a precautionary measure, the officials said.
The development comes on the day when the people of the country are celebrating Diwali with joy and fervour today.
