Jammu, March 7 || The Army and police on Friday started a major search operation to trace three civilians who went missing while they were on their way to attend a marriage in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.
Officials said that a massive search operation is underway in the Lohai Malhar area of the Kathua district, where three civilians have gone missing.
“Army and Jammu and the special operations group (SOG) of J&K Police have launched a joint manhunt to locate the missing individuals,” officials said.
The three civilians went missing in the Lohai Malhar area of Kathua after they left home to attend a marriage in the Billawar area. Twenty-four hours after they went missing, there is no clue about their whereabouts with the Jammu and Kashmir Police.
However, the police have ruled out any terror angle in the investigation so far. Locals of the area said the three civilians went missing at around 8.30 pm Thursday when a marriage party was going from the Dehota village of Billawar to the Surag village of Lohai Malhar.
Those missing have been identified as 35-year-old Jogesh Singh from Marhoon village, 40-year-old Darshan Singh from Dehota village and 14-year-old Baroon Singh from Dehota village of Billawar Tehsil of the district.