Katra (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 31 (ANI): The security forces have intensified their actions against terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua. According to Shiv Kumar Sharma, DIG, Jammu-Samba-Kathua range, the operation to track down terrorists in the region is still on, due to which some people have also been detained by the police.

'Jammu and Kashmir Police will continue its operation until the terrorists are neutralised. Every soldier of ours is committed to killing every terrorist selectively so that our area remains safe. The Army is with us, and everyone is conducting search operations together as a team. We have an international border and people are very alert and give us information on which we take action,' Shiv Kumar Sharma said while speaking to reporters on Monday.

Furthermore, DIG Sharma said that the force is 'sad' as they lost their one jawan in the Kathua encounter. However, he emphasised that the soldiers' training is very good and stated that their morale is really high.

'We are sad because we have lost our jawan, we give very good training to our jawans and our jawans fight on the ground. Our morale is high and we are ready to face every challenge. We will never back down and are ready to fight for the people. Our jawans are ready and we will give a befitting reply. We have an international border and people give us information and we act on it. We appeal to people to inform the police if they see anything suspicious,' he added.

Security forces on Monday intensified their efforts in the Kathua-Samba region, launching a search operation in the Samba sector near the international border to sanitise the area. The search operation is still going on in Kathua to nab the terrorists after the encounter in the Safiyan (operation).

Authorities have placed the entire region on high alert as the search operation continues to track down potential threats.

Earlier, during counter-terror operation 'Safiyan' in the Kathua region, four Jammu and Kashmir police personnel lost their lives in the operation, while two terrorists were gunned down. Security forces recovered war-like stores from the encounter site.

The operation began on March 23, when locals reported the sighting of suspected Pakistani infiltrators in Sanyal. (ANI)