Safety forces have discovered a militant hideout, from the place they seized weapons and different objects, within the border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir, officers mentioned Monday.
In keeping with officers, 5 improvised explosive units and two wi-fi units have been amongst issues recovered from the hideout, which was found throughout a search operation within the forest space of Surankote.
The search, performed collectively by the Military and the Particular Operations Group of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, was carried out after safety forces acquired particular intelligence, officers mentioned.
All of the IEDs, weighing between 0.5 kg and 5 kg, have been destroyed in a managed explosion on the spot, the officers mentioned.
Whereas two IEDs have been discovered planted inside metal buckets, three others have been discovered packed in tiffin packing containers, the officers mentioned.
As well as, the officers mentioned two wi-fi units, 5 packets containing urea, one five-litre fuel cylinder, one pair of binoculars, three woolen caps, three blankets, some trousers and utensils have been recovered from the hideout.
Officers mentioned searches for militants are persevering with.
The searches come amid an intesified crackdown within the aftermath of the terrorist assault in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam final month, by which 25 vacationers and one native man have been killed.
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The terrorists suspected to have carried out the assaults, together with some who infiltrated from Pakistan, are nonetheless being looked for by safety forces in Jammu and Kashmir. Authorities have launched the names and sketches of three terrorists who they mentioned carried out the assault.
–With PTI enter
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