Security personnel today busted a hideout of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Rizwan Azhar and recovered a large quantity of arms, ammunition and explosive material in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
     Acting on a tip off, a combined team of 11 Rashtriya Rifles and police launched a search operation at Mathwan area in Kishtwar district this morning and busted the hideout, police said.
     One AK-56 rifle and 3 AK magazines, one SLR and Insas rifle each, 4 Chinese hand grenades, 53 AK rounds, one radio set, one binoculars and large quantity of ration were among the arms, ammunition and material recovered from the hideout.
     The Hizbul commander, however, had escaped from the spot before the raid, police added.