Online Desk: Indian forces have demolished the houses of five more Kashmiris in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
According to Kashmir Media Service, the residential houses were razed to ground using explosives. The demolished houses belonged to the parents of Ehsan Ahmed Sheikh, Ahsan Ul Haq, Haris Ahmad in Pulwama, Zakir Ahmad Ganaie of Matalhama, Kulgam; and Shahid Ahmad Kutay of Chotipora area in Shopian district.
It is pertinent to mention that Indian authorities also demolished the ancestral homes of Asif Sheikh and Adil Thoker through similar blasts in Pulwama and Islamabad districts yesterday.
Meanwhile, in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the massive search operation launched by Indian forces’ personnel in the Pahalgam area of Islamabad district entered its fifth consecutive day on Saturday.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the operation involves thousands of personnel from the Indian Army, paramilitary forces, and police. Additionally, two MI-17 helicopters from the Indian Air Force are providing continuous aerial surveillance over the dense forests of Baisaran and surrounding areas in Pahalgam.
Indian media reports said that the operation, which began on Tuesday evening, is the largest land and aerial search operation conducted in the Kashmir Valley to date. The Baisaran forests and its surroundings have been completely sealed off, and door-to-door searches are ongoing. Special Action Teams and para commandos are taking part in the operation.

Moreover, Indian forces continue their cordon and search operations across other regions of the Kashmir Valley and Jammu division. The occupation troops have been raiding homes and harassing residents, including women and children, during these operations. In the past few days, hundreds of Kashmiri youth have been arrested s during the crackdown in various areas.