Jammu, May 14 -- Police on Wedneday felicitated 70 personnel for their role in the successful 17-day-long anti-terror operation carried out in Kathua district earlier this year, officials said.
The commendation ceremony was organised at the district police lines in Kathua on Wednesday to honour those associated with the operation, which began in the Padetar area of Billawar mountainous belt in Kathua district from January 7 to January 23 this year.
During the operation, security forces neutralised a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist identified as Usman after an extensive cordon and search operation in the difficult terrain of Padetar, a police spokesman said.
He said 70 personnel from Kathua police and the Special Operations Group (SOG) w...