Explosives recovered from LeT hideout

Security forces today recovered a huge dump of explosives weighing 176 kgs from a Lashkar-e-Taiba hideout unearthed in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Security forces on Friday recovered a huge dump of explosives weighing 176 kgs from a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) hideout unearthed in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.

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This is the biggest cache of explosives recovered in the state this year, an army officer said.

Acting on a tip-off, troops of 11 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Task Force launched a search operation in Chatroo in Kishtwar district and busted the LeT hideout, he said.

The troops recovered 176 kgs of explosives from there, which included 75 kgs of explosive material packed in two bags, six IEDs weighing 15 kgs each (90 kgs of explosives), 75 gelatin sticks, 23 grenades, 12 bore rifles and various other materials, the officer said.