SAA event in Jammu & Kashmir, Dhobi Mohalla locality of Batamaloo area in Srinagar area, India on Mon 28th February 2022

A Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police Inspector was shot and injured by terrorists in Dhobi Mohalla locality of Batamaloo area in Srinagar, the capital of J&K, on February 28, reports Daily Excelsior. Police said terrorists fired at Inspector Sheikh Firdous, posted with the Anti-Corruption Bureau, outside the local mosque.|Meanwhile, the Security Forces (SFs) launched Cordon and Search Operations (CASOs) in three villages of Shopian District on February 28, reports Greater Kashmir. A Police official said that columns of Army, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Police surrounded a cluster of houses in Zawoora village, two kilometers from Shopian town, and carried out a door-to-door search operation. The official said that the SFs at around 4 pm laid a siege around Awneera village in Zainapora sub-district and conducted a search operation. SFs in the evening launched a search operation in Manloo village of the District. "The operations were launched after the forces had been tipped off about the presence of militants in these village", said the official. All the operation, however, were later called off as no militant was found hiding in the village.