Pathankot Update: City on red alert after locals spot armed men

Chandigarh: Security agencies carried out a night-long search operation in Pathankot district of Punjab to look for some armed men seen by local residents, police said on Wednesday. "We carried out search operation around Chakki river bank and nearby forest area. However, nothing has been found so far. The search operation was started on Tuesday and carried on through the night," Pathankot district police Chief Rakesh Kaushal said 1. An extensive search operation has been initiated in Pathankot from Tuesday following reports that some local residents had spotted four armed "suspicious men" 2. The area searched, lying close to the Punjab-Himachal Pradesh-Jammu and Kashmir border, is around 250 km from here. However, No arrests have been made so far. 3. Regular search operations have been carried out by security forces in Pathankot and Gurdaspur districts virtually after the January 2 attack this year.