Search operation launched to track down suspected militants in J-K's Poonch

Security forces have launched a search operation on the basis of a tip-off about the movement of suspected militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said on Monday.

The Army and police launched a search operation on Sunday following the information provided by some villagers about the suspicious movement in a forest area of Surankote, they said.

The operation is on to track down the suspected militants, they added.