8 kg RDX recovered from militant hideout in JK

Eight kg RDX were recovered on Monday from a militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district in stepped up operations by police in the run-up to the Independence Day celebrations in the state.

Eight kg RDX were recovered on Monday from a militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district in stepped up operations by police in the run-up to the Independence Day celebrations in the state.

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Besides the RDX, two hand grenades, 165 detonators with wire and 84 rounds of AK ammunition were recovered from the hideout at the forest area of Rain-Kapran, 80 km from Srinagar, in the district, official sources said.

However, no militant was present at the hideout during the operation, they said.