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Army recovers arms from terrorist hideouts in J&K

Security forces have busted two terrorist hideouts and recovered arms and explosives from them in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir.

Published on: Aug 31, 2006 12:22 PM IST
None | By , Jammu
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Security forces have busted two terrorist hideouts and recovered arms and explosives from them in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources said in Jammu on Thursday.

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Army troops busted a terrorist hideout at Bharat Gala, south west of Rajouri town on Wednesday during a search operation, they said adding however that the terrorists managed to escape leaving behind some arms and explosives.

The recoveries from the hideout included one RPG rocket, five anti-tank rifle grenades, three UBGL grenades and one plastic cylinder, the sources said.

Another hideout was busted at Kalaban in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district on Wednesday and recoveries from it included some rations and a tourist map of Howrah in Kolkata.

 
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