Militant hideout busted in Kashmir's Kishtwar district

Security forces on Wednesday busted a militant hideout in Dachhin area of mountainous Kishtwar district and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition.

"The recovery include one 12 bore gun, two UBGL grenades, two Chinese grenade, one hand grenade HE 36, two walky talky sets, one wireless sets, seven 7.62 mm SLR rounds, one Pika round, six AK-47 rounds along with some utensils and medicines," Jammu-based defence spokesman Lt Col Manish Mehta said.

He said that in another success in Kishtwar district, army today recovered a cache of arms, ammunitions and communication equipment in Tandar forests of Dachhin area by in a joint operation along with Jammu and Kashmir Police. 

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