Rajouri, May 24 -- A major anti-terror operation intensified in the Pir Panjal belt on Sunday as security forces established contact with heavily armed terrorists hiding in the dense Gambir Mughlan forest area of Rajouri district.

The breakthrough comes on the second consecutive day of a massive, intelligence-led cordon-and-search operation (CASO) launched jointly by the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police, and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

According to the Indian Army's White Knight Corps, security forces successfully tracked down the suspects on Sunday morning after launching initial searches the previous day.

"Today at around 11:30 AM, contact was established with terrorists in the general area of Gambhir Muglan, Rajour...