Security forces recovered arms, ammunition and explosive materials from a militant hideout in Dabbi village along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Wednesday, officials said.
The arms and ammunition were kept there by terrorist handlers from Pakistan and have been recovered on the disclosure of three terror associates arrested on Sunday.
Poonch SSP Ramesh Kumar Angral said that during questioning of arrested person Yaseen Khan, some vital clues were developed after which a team of police headed by subdivisional police officer Mendhar Zaheer Jafri along with the army launched an operation in the area of Dabbi and recovered a consignment of arms and ammunition kept in a polythene bag in the bushes.
“Two pistols, 70 bullets and two grenades have been recovered so far and more searches are going on,” said Angral.
He added that militant outfits were trying to target religious places of Poonch but their nefarious designs have been foiled by the army and police.