Chandigarh, April 16: Security agencies are on high alert and carrying out search operation in the border belt of Punjab, particularly in the frontier districts of Pathankot and nearby areas, on Monday after two suspected terrorists were seen in the area.
The Punjab Police, Army and paramilitary forces launched the search operation after the two suspected armed men in Army fatigues were seen near the border belt of Bamyal sector, bordering Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir.
Pathankot district police chief Vikas Sheel Soni told the media that the security agencies had launched a search operation in the border belt.
The suspected men stopped a Maruti Alto car belonging to Maskin Ali late on Sunday night and sought a lift. However, Ali and his friend sped away, suspecting that they could be terrorists.
Ali informed the Punjab Police following which the search operation was launched on Monday morning.
Security agencies in the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir have also been alerted about the movement of the suspects.
The Pathankot air base of the Indian Air Force (IAF) was attacked by terrorists, suspected to be from Pakistan, on January 2, 2016, leaving seven people dead.
The area has defence establishments, including the frontier IAF base and the nearby Mamoon Cantt of the Army.
Prior to the terrorist attack on the IAF base, three suspected Pakistani terrorists had carried out an attack in Dinanagar town in neighbouring Gurdaspur district on July 27, 2015.
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4-year-old thrown in well, killed; mother stabbed during home invasion in UP's Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar (UP) (PTI): A four-year-old girl was killed after being allegedly thrown into a water tank by unidentified assailants while her mother sustained severe stab injuries in an alleged attack at their home here late on Monday, police said.
Three other children of the injured woman -- identified as Firdosh (40) -- also sustained minor injuries in the alleged incident which took place in Basikala village under Shahpur police station limits, they said.
Her husband, Imran, was not present at home at the time of the incident.
Shahpur Station House Officer Gajendra Singh told reporters on Tuesday that the injured woman was rushed to hospital. Three of her children sustained minor injuries in the incident while her four-year-old daughter was killed. The body of the deceased has been sent for postmortem examination.
According to local residents, the incident possibly took place as Firdosh opposed an alleged illicit relationship between her sister-in-law and another man.
