Militant hideout busted in Rajouri; arms, ammunition recovered

Rajouri, Oct 30: Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday claimed to have busted a militant hideout in forest area near Gambhir Mughlan and  recovered arms, ammunition and explosive material.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajouri, Chandan Kohli told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that based on a specific information, a joint team of police and 38 RR headed by Deputy SP PC (OPs) Imtiaz Ahmed, SDPO Manjakote Nisar Khoja and SHO Manjakote Pankaj Sharma alongwith Army officers launched an operation in dense forest area near Gambhir Mughlan.

During the searches, a militant hideout was busted where from two automatic AK 47 rifles, two AK magazines, 270 bullets of AK, two Chinese pistol, two pistol magazines, 75 Pika rounds, 12 Blank rounds, 10 Detonators and 5-6 Kilograms of explosive material was recovered, they said.

He added that searches in the area are going on and a case has also been registered at Manjakote Police Station under relevant sections of law.(KNO)