The Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) has detained 18 suspects for interrogation in connection with the Dhangri village attack on January 1, 2023 in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India, reports Kashmir Reader on January 8. According to the authorities, "several vital leads" have been found that point to the presence of terrorists in various areas near Rajouri town in the Rajouri District of J&K.
On January 9, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officials have reported that the CRPF will provide weapons training to the Village Defence Guards (VDGs), earlier known as Village Defence Committees (VDCs), in J&K so that they can act as a line of defence in case of a terrorist attack, reports Hindustan Times on January 10. The Jammu and Kashmir administration has recently started reissuing weapons to the VDGs, following the Dhangri incident on January 1, 2023 in Rajouri District in J&K, India. The force may also be required to perform a range of internal security duties in the Jammu District in J&K, with the rising terror threats and the elections in J&K in mind. VDGs have also been activated along the India-Pakistan International Border (IB) in the Districts of Jammu, Samba, and Kathua, according to authorities.
On January 9, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) authorities have attached the property of a militant, identified as Usman Gulzar Wani, who was arrested in 2022 during an encounter in the Shopian village in Shopian District on August 30, 2022 during which three militants were killed, reports Daily Excelsior. He is presently lodged at Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu District in J&K on judicial custody.