Rajouri/Jammu, Jan 10 (PTI) Over 50 people have been detained so far for questioning in connection with the attack on the minority community in Jammu and Kashmir’s Dhangri village even as a massive search operation to track down the terrorists behind the strike continued on the ninth day on Tuesday, officials said.

Seven persons were killed and 14 others injured in the terrorist attack on January 1.

Following the attack, the administration strengthened Village Defence Guards (VDGs) comprising local volunteers and the border grid to keep a tight vigil on possible infiltration routes, the officials said.