The Punjab police have launched a search at Shadipur village in Pathankot after a local farmer said he had seen five or six suspicious-looking men carrying backpacks.
The police said the search was carried out on Friday night. Senior Superintendent of Police, Pathankot, Vivek Soni, told presspersons that after the farmer informed the police that he saw the men, the search was carried out.
Mr. Soni said that nothing was being left to chance, and security had been been beefed up in Pathankot and neighbouring areas to trace suspects.