Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 10: Awantipora police today busted a hideout of (LeT) Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit at Chandhara area of Pampore town in Pulwama district and arrested one Over Ground Worker of militants.
He has been identified as Adil Ahmad Shah son of Mohammad Azad Shah, a resident of Chandhara Pampore.
Police said that they along with 50 RR and 110 Bn of CRPF carried out searches in a residential house at Chandhara Pampore. During search, one large hideout was found in the cowshed of the house.
The size of the hideout is approximately 10ft x5ft x5ft with small opening covered by a lid and a tunnel of about 6ft leading to the hideout.
Incriminating material of proscribed outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba and 26 rounds of AK-47 were recovered from the hideout, the statement added.
A case (FIR No. 04/2021) has been registered at Police Station Pampore under relevant Sections of Unlawful Activity Act.
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