An overnight operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district entered the second day on Sunday as security forces resumed the search for two local terrorists of the banned outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba who were cornered in a dense orchard, officials said.

The searches have been resumed to track down the two terrorists who were spotted by surveillance cameras on Friday in an orchard in the Meemandar area, which comprises seven villages. A joint team of several columns of the Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police, and the Central Reserve Police Force laid a tight cordon around the area and cleared four villages by the evening. The two trapped terrorists have been identified as Latif and Zakir.