Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, May 5: Army recovered seven Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in the frontier area of Tangdhar in district Kupwara of North Kashmir today.
Srinagar based defence spokesman, Lt Col N N Joshi said that based on a series of recent intelligence input received by the Army about militants planning to disrupt polling process in Tangdhar area, a search operation was launched by the Army in area around village Tod and Gabra yesterday.
“When the search resumed on today, Army recovered seven IEDs hidden in a hollow tree trunk close to village Gabra in Tangdhar”, said the spokesman.
Earlier, Army and JKP had recovered eight pistols along with eight magzines and 32 rounds of ammunition yesterday in a joint search operation in district Bandipora.
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