{"id":358104,"date":"2026-01-12T13:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=358104"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:51:00","slug":"search-operation-launched-in-rajouri-after-drone-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/search-operation-launched-in-rajouri-after-drone-sightings\/","title":{"rendered":"Search operation launched in Rajouri after drone sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"358105\"  src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2026\/01\/Riyaz-drone-movement.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-358105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2026\/01\/Riyaz-drone-movement.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2026\/01\/Riyaz-drone-movement-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2026\/01\/Riyaz-drone-movement-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2026\/01\/Riyaz-drone-movement-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2026\/01\/Riyaz-drone-movement-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Security forces on Monday launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) following suspected drone movement along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A joint team of the Special Operations Group (SoG), police and other security forces initiated the operation after drones were reportedly sighted in forward areas late Sunday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspected drone activity was part of a broader pattern observed across several districts along the International Border (IB) and the LoC, including Samba, Rajouri and Poonch, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officials, all the flying objects were seen entering from the Pakistan side and returned after hovering over Indian territory for a few minutes. Following the sightings, security forces launched ground search operations in the affected areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Army troops guarding the Nowshera sector along the LoC in Rajouri fired medium and light machine guns after observing a drone hovering over Gania-Kalsian village around 6.35 pm on Sunday, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another drone-like object was spotted over Khabbar village in the Teryath area of Rajouri district around the same time. Officials said the object, which had a blinking light, came from the direction of Dharmsal village in Kalakote and moved towards Bharakh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar sightings were reported from Chak Babral village in the Ramgarh sector of Samba and from areas in the Mankote sector of Poonch district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday night, security forces recovered an arms consignment allegedly dropped by a Pakistan-origin drone in Paloora village of Ghagwal near the IB in Samba district. The seized items included two pistols, three magazines, 16 rounds and a grenade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security forces on Monday launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) following suspected drone movement along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, officials said. A joint team of the Special Operations Group (SoG), police and other security forces initiated the operation after drones were reportedly sighted in forward areas late Sunday night. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":358105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2014],"tags":[1141,9861,277],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":358106,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358104\/revisions\/358106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/358105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}