Personnel of the Army and Special Operations Group of the J&K Police display arms and ammunition recovered from a hideout in Doda on Monday. a tribune photo

Tribune News Service

jammu, May 30

Seucrity forces today busted a militants’ hideout in Doda district and recovered a big haul of arms and ammunition from it.“Acting on specific information, the Army and Special Operations Group (SOG) of police launched a search operation in Sunarthau forest near Jantron Top in the Gosti Bowl of Doda district and busted a hideout,” said a defence spokesperson.The teams recovered four weapons including one AK 56 rifle, two 9 mm pistols, one countrymade pistol, seven AK magazines, four 9 mm pistol magazines, one Pika magazine, four UBGL grenades, five Pak hand grenades, 1,696 rounds of 7.62 mm AK 47 rifle, 1,340 rounds of 7.62 mm CTN, 40 belted rounds of Pika, two binoculars, one telescopic night sight and other sustenance stores from a cave in Sunarthau forest.Notably, accurate intelligence helped the Army in recovery of war-like stores in an operation with SOG in the dense forest, said the spokesperson. The recovered arms and ammunition were handed over to Thatri police station where an FIR also has been lodged.

Army seizes war-like stores of arms in J&K