Army’s Cordon and Search Ops (CASO) return to Kashmir after 15 Years

Cordon and Search operations in Kashmir were abandoned 15 years ago by the army in view of inconveniences faced by locals Two days after terrorists dragged out a young army officer, tortured and murdered him, the army decided to make “cordon and search operations” a permanent feature of its anti-terror operations in Kashmir. The procedure, which was followed rigorously at the height of militancy in Kashmir in the 1990s, had been abandoned 15 years ago in view of the inconvenience locals faced during such operations. The biggest cordon and search…

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