J&K encounter: Search widened to more areas on Day 27

Security forces extended the ongoing search for a group of terrorists to the Khabla forest in Rajouri district of Jammu & Kashmir following information about their suspected presence in the area as the counter-insurgency operation entered its 27th day on Saturday. Vehicular traffic from Thanamandi to Rajouri was suspended in view of the cordon-and-search operation in Khablan and other nearby villages in the district.