The operation to flush out militants from the dense forest area in southern Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir has entered into its fourth day as drones and helicopters were pressed into service to track and kill the militants who killed three security forces officers.

Security forces deployed drones and helicopters to surveil the hilly terrain and figure out the locations of the militants in the forests at Gadole in the Kokernag area of the south Kashmir district, PTI reported quoting officials.