Militants behind the attack on an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy at Surankote in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, which left one jawan dead and four others injured, remained untraced on Sunday even as helicopters provided aerial support for combing operations in the forest area.
A high alert has been sounded in the Rajouri-Poonch belt after the attack on Saturday. Top police and intelligence officials, including the Additional Director-General of Police, Jammu, inspected the ambush site. Official sources said security agencies suspect the use of metal-piercing bullets fired from U.S.-made M4 carbines.
Sources also said security forces questioned a number of people to gather information on those who provided logistic support to the militants. According to preliminary reports, the militants belonged to a group that had sneaked in recently from the Samba-Kathua belt of Jammu into Rajouri-Poonch.
