The Kashmir Pulse

POONCH — Security forces on Thursday claimed to have busted a militant hideout along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu division.

An official said that during the search operation, which was launched along the LoC, security forces busted a militant hideout.

The officer said a huge quantity of arms and ammunition were recovered from there including an AK-47, nine magazines, 468 rounds (mix of steel core and normal), two 7.62 mm pistols, four magazines, 60 rounds, six grenades (blue and green colour), two bags, two pouches, a digging shovel, a wire cutter, and a pull-through.

The officer further said that the search operation along the Line of Control is still going on.

JAMMU — Police and army claimed to have busted a militant hideout in Ramban district by recovering bullets.

“On April 4, information was received through reliable sources regarding the presence of cache of arms, ammunition and related material in the far-flung hilly and forested area of tehsil Khari of District Ramban,” a police official said in a statement to the news agency GNS.

Acting swiftly on the input, the official said, a joint search operation of Police and 23 RR of the Army was launched and suspected hideout locations were searched which continued till evening during which the suspected militant hideout was busted.

He said recoveries include 256 number 7.62-mm cartridges, 36 7.62-mm empty cartridges, five AK-47 magazines, 34 9-mm cartridges, one 9-mm empty cartridge, two 9-mm empty magazines, two Pika ammunition, six Pika empty cartridges, one Pika belt, one 52-mm mortar, four detonators, two-ft cordex, one knife, one lantern, one kerosene lamp, one tape recorder, one walkman with headphone, five audio cassettes, one Itar, one watch, two old bags, one LMG ammunition belt box and two identity cards.

“In this regard, a case FIR No. 77/2023 u/s 7/25 Arms Act and Section 4 of Explosives Substances Act has been registered at Police Station Banihal and investigation has been taken up,” the official added.

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said it busted a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant hideout and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Rakh Momin area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district.

In a statement, issued to the news agency KNO, a spokesperson said on the intervening night of March 12 and 13 on the basis of a specific input developed over a period of time by Anantnag Police, a joint cordon and search operation (CASO) along with Army's 1RR was launched in Rakh Momin Dangi area Bijbehara.

The statement reads that the search in the area led to the busting of a LeT hideout and the subsequent recovery of a huge cache of arms, ammunition and other war-like stores.

It reads further that the recovery includes IEDs (5) PTD's programmed timer devices and RCIEDs, Detonators (6), Pistols (3), Pistol Magazines (5), Ammunition (9mm rounds; 124), Remote Controls (4) and Batteries (13).

"In this regard, Case FIR No. 58/2023 stands registered in Police Station Bijbehara under relevant sections of law and investigation set into motion," it reads.

RAMBAN — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday claimed to have busted a militant hideout in Ramban and said that a huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered.

A police spokesman in a statement issued to the news agency KNO said that information was received through reliable sources regarding the presence of a cache of arms, ammunition, and related material in the far-flung forest area of Tehsil Khari of district Ramban.

“Acting swiftly on the input, a joint search operation by J&K Police and 23 RR of Army was launched in the forest area and suspected hideout locations were searched which continued till evening during which security forces busted a suspected militant hideout and arms and ammunition among other things were recovered from the spot,” the statement said.

The arms and ammunition recovered from the hideout include AK-47 rounds - 310 (rusted condition), 9mm rounds 30 (rusted condition), one 9mm Magazine, AK-47 magazines six (rusted condition), one grenade, one tape recorder (rusted), one handset with antenna (rusted condition), two cassettes, three battery terminals, one negatives photo film (rusted/damaged), five pencil cells, one plastic can (broken/rusted), one pocket diary, one roll of copper wire (damaged), one blade and one bennet.

In this regard, a case under FIR number 237/2022 under section 7/25 Arms act and Sec 4 Explosives Substances Act has been registered at Police Station Banihal and an investigation has been taken up, it said.

SRINAGAR — A militant hideout was busted by security forces in Melhura orchards in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday, officials said.

Official sources told GNS that a joint team of Police, Army’s 55RR and 178 BN of CRPF busted a hideout in Melhura orchards.

Utensils and other food items were recovered from the hideout, they added.

BIJBEHARA — The government forces on Wednesday claimed to have busted a militant hideout and recovered utensils and other eatable items in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district.

“We had received inputs about the hideout of militants in Loktipora area of Bijbehera, however, it was located and busted later on,” the official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO).

He said utensils and eatables were recovered from the hideout.