Security forces launched a massive search operation on Friday after a brief exchange of fire with terrorists in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Official sources said that a brief exchange of fire took place on Thursday evening between terrorists and security forces in the Marha Buffliaz area of Poonch district. “Acting on inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area, a search operation was launched near the Dera-ki-Gali forest belt,” they said.