Security Forces (SFs) launched search operations to track down militants in Kishtwar District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on September 20, reports Daily Excelsior. The SFs recovered an AK-47 rifle snatched from the Personal Security Officer (PSO) of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Kishtwar District president Sheikh Nasir on September 13, after which authorities had imposed curfew and launched a massive search operation. Army and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, assisted by the Police, were conducting raids and Cordon-and-Search Operations (CASO) in various areas of Kishtwar District, particularly the mountainous belt, to track down the militants and overground workers of militant outfits, they said. The SFs have detained over a dozen people so far, they said.