Ramban: Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday said they busted a militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban and a huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered.
A police spokesman in a statement said that information was received through reliable sources regarding the presence of a cache of arms, ammunition and related material in the far-flung forest area of Tehsil Khari of district Ramban.
“Acting swiftly on the input, a joint search operation of JK Police and 23 RR Army was launched in the forest area and suspected hideout locations were searched and forces busted a suspected militant hideout and recovered arms & ammunition,” the statement said.
The arms and ammunition recovered from the hideout include Ak-47 rounds- 310 (rusted condition), 9mm rounds 30 (rusted condition), one 9mm Magazine, Ak-47 magazines six (rusted condition), one grenade, one tape recorder (rusted), one handset with antenna (rusted condition), two cassettes, three battery terminals, one negatives photofilm (rusted/damaged) five pencil cells, one plastic can (broken/rusted), one pocket diary, one roll of Copper wire (damaged), one blade and one Bennet,” as per police.
In this regard, a case under FIR number 237/2022 under section 7/25 Arms act and Sec 4 Explosives substances act has been registered at P/S Banihal and investigation has been taken up, it said.
(KNO)
