Rescue operations underway with teams of disaster response forces and around 50 local divers deployed at the site; army jawans from a nearby unit joined in. 

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 The update comes after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), which was carried out over 166 days between October 27, 2025, and April 10, 2026. 

 “We ensured that we would not act at a time when people on the other side might be offering Namaz at the terrorist camps,” Army chief Upendra Dwivedi said.