Security Forces (SFs) launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Safapora village in Ganderbal District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India early on March 20, (today), reports Daily Excelsior. Following specific information about presence of militants, a joint CASO was launched by Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP), 13 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Safapora in Ganderbal and conducted house-to-house searches in the area. Official sources said, “Searches were also being conducted in nearby fields and orchards.”