Jammu, July 11 -- Police on Friday conducted a search and cordon operation (CASO), an area domination exercise and sanitised a railway track in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district as part of heightened security measures during the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, officials said.
The 57-day pilgrimage to the cave shrine began July 3 via the 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag district and the steeper 14-km Baltal route in Ganderbal district, and will conclude on August 28.
"The operation was carried out in the sensitive areas of Nonath Khad and Ghagwal, including the adjoining railway track, under the supervision of the Additional Superintendent of Police, Samba," they said.
Joint teams of the Special Operations Group (SOG), Samba, CRPF's 93 Ba...