To ensure safe New Year celebrations, security forces in Jammu and Kashmir have intensified checking and monitoring across high-influx areas, including venues hosting parties, as part of a maximum alert.
According to the details available with the news agency—the additional checkpoints have been deployed at entry points, plugging every major road connectivity with enhanced patrols, area domination exercises, and surprise verifications to thwart any potential threats during the festive season.
Amid these measures, multiple suspicious recoveries were reported in forward and border districts, officials told.
They said that in Poonch district's Mendhar sector, the Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police, acting on specific intelligence, recovered an unidentified drone abandoned in an open field at Gohled village.
A police team promptly secured the site, seized the device, and initiated an investigation to determine its origin and possible operator, officials said.
Separately, during search operations in Udhampur district's Chenani area, security forces recovered a magazine of an AK assault rifle along with seven live rounds from an open field in Sudhmahadev.
In Jammu's Akhnoor sector, an aircraft-shaped balloon bearing markings of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in English and Urdu was seized from an agricultural field in border village Gurah Manhasa, Pragwal area.
Officials stated that the balloon was likely drifted across the border by wind. These incidents underscore the heightened vigilance along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB), with increased deployments and anti-sabotage checks in urban and hinterland areas.
Authorities have appealed to citizens to stay vigilant and immediately report any suspicious objects or activities to the nearest police station for swift action--(KNO)