Archive · 18 Aug 2026
Security Forces Launch Searches in Udhampur, Reasi, Kathua
Police officers and soldiers are looking for two people in some villages in a place called Jammu and Kashmir.
These people were seen walking around at night, which made everyone worried.
They knocked on a man's door and asked for food.
The man and his family did not open the door because they were scared.
After waiting a while, the two people walked away.
The family then called the police to tell them what happened.
Police and CRPF officers came to the village to search for them.
They are also searching in forests and near the border in other areas.
The search is still going on to make sure everyone is safe.
Security forces launched cordon-and-search operations in Udhampur, Reasi and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
The operations followed reports of the movement of two suspected individuals.
The suspects knocked on the door of Prakash Chand in Udhampur's Talot village late Monday night and asked for food.
Residents alerted security forces after the suspects, wearing shawls, left towards the Khuban side.
Searches were also conducted in the Sadini forests in Reasi and villages near the International Border in the Hiranagar sector of Kathua.
- Who
- Security forces including police and CRPF personnel, and two suspected individuals.
- What
- Cordon-and-search operations were launched following reports of suspected persons moving in the area.
- When
- Operations began on Tuesday, after the suspects were seen late Monday night.
- Where
- Udhampur, Reasi and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir, including Talot village, Sadini forests and the Hiranagar sector.
- Why
- Residents alerted security forces after two shawl-wearing individuals knocked on a door asking for food and then left the area.
- Districts involved
- Udhampur, Reasi, Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir)
- Suspected individuals
- Two persons wearing shawls
- Incident location
- Talot village, Udhampur
- Incident time
- Late Monday night
- Response
- Joint teams of police and CRPF
- Other search areas
- Sadini forests (Reasi) and villages near the International Border in Hiranagar sector (Kathua)
- Status
- Operations ongoing