Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 21: Army and police today busted a hideout and recovered arms and ammunition at Sanai Kandi forest area under the jurisdiction of Kotranka police station in Rajouri district.
Reports said a joint team of 60 Rashtriya Rifles of Army and SOG launched a search operation in Sanai Kandi forests and busted a hideout of the militants.
Recoveries made from the hideout included one AK-47 rifle with three magazines, three Chinese grenade, 139 AK rounds, one wireless set and one pistol magazine.
Police party in the operation was supervised by DySP Operations Zaheer Abbas.
Sources said the seized arms and ammunition were rusted, which indicated that the consignment might have been dumped in the forests during the peak years of militancy.
A case under Sections 120-B, 121, 122, 123 and 124 RPC and 7/25 Indian Arms Act has been registered at police station Kotranka.
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