STATE TIMES NEWS
Jammu: The security forces on Friday busted a militant hideout and recovered large quantity of arms and ammunition in the forests of Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.
“Based on specific information, the Rashtriya Rifles Battalion at Samote and state police recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from a natural hideout in general area Kuliwala Forest in Chasana Tehsil of Reasi District,” a defence spokesman said.
He said that the recovered cache include one AK56 rifle, one 7.63 mm pistol, one 303 rifle, one sniper rifle Dragunov, five magazine of AK 56, one magazine of pistol, 75 rounds of AK 56 rifle, 55 rounds of Pikka, two rounds of pistol, six rounds of sniper rifle, one grenade UBGL, one rotating bolt of AK 56 rifle, eleven fired cases of AK 56 and two fired cases of sniper rifles.
The spokesman said that the timely recovery of the cache has prevented any untoward incident in the area.
