JAMMU: Two terrorist hideouts were busted in joint anti-terror operations in J&K’s Reasi and Poonch districts in the past 24 hours. A huge cache of arms and ammunition, including a rocket launcher with grenades, was recovered from the two sites.
In Reasi district, a joint team of the Army, police, and CRPF’s 126 Bn recovered arms and ammunition, including explosives and automatic rifles, from the hideout. “Based on intelligence inputs, the team launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Upper Sildhar forest area, Ranjati Top, Rousowali Top and Dagantop Hills on Friday morning. An underground hideout was discovered and an AK-47 with two magazines and 150 cartridges, one rocket launcher, 16-UBGL grenades, four hand grenades, and two VHF radio sets with antennas were recovered,” a Reasi Police spokesperson said.
In a similar operation in Poonch, another joint team during a search operation in the general area of Dhargloon and Basooni, busted a terrorist hideout late Thursday. “The recovery included four Chinese grenades, 10-AK rounds, and 15 pistol rounds,” a Poonch Police spokesperson said.