Militant hideout busted, huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered in North Kashmir’s Gurez

Srinagar, Aug 11: Security forces have busted a hideout and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from a forest area of Tarabal near Govind Nalla in Gurez area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.

A police official told news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) that on specific inputs received by Police a team of Jammu and Kashmir Police along 06 Maratha of Indian Army have busted a hideout on specific inputs in Gurez area.

He said that eleven AK-47 magazines, 358 rounds of AK-47, 212 rounds of Pistol and two pouches besides other items were recovered from the hideout.

Infiltration bid cannot be ruled out in this case, he told KDC.

In this connection a case is being registered and further investigation has been set into motion

Pertinently, security officials of Bandipora including Deputy Commissioner and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) had recently conducted a review meeting regarding alertness ahead of Independence Day.