Security forces recover arms and ammunition
Jammu/Kulgam: Security forces have recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, including two pistols, during a search operation in Kishtwar district, Army officials said on Monday.
A joint team of the Army and police launched a search operation in Chhatru forest area on Sunday, they said.
During the search, they recovered a cache of arms containing two pistols, 40 rounds of ammunition, two wireless sets and other war-like stores, officials said.
Chhatru forest lies along the known movement route of terrorists between south Kashmir and Kishtwar, they said.
These caches have been created by terrorists in these remote areas to be used for destabilising the security situation which is heading towards normalcy, they added.
The Army and police along with other security forces deployed in Kishtwar have recovered IEDs, explosives, arms and ammunition in recent months to thwart the nefarious designs of terrorists and their supporters.
Meanwhile, a joint team of police and army busted another militant hideouts in, officials said.
They said that on receipt of specific inputs, a search operation was launched in Manzgam forest area of Kulgam district by the joint team which led to the recovery of arms and ammunition from a militant hideout.
The recovered arms and ammunition, as per the official, included one each of LMG, Pica Gun, two hand grenades, 47 rounds of AK-47, 34 rounds of Insas, five cellphones, four cellphone chargers, four jackets, three books of Holy Quran, three pouches, as many blankets and a cutter, the officials said. (with PTI inputs)
