Guerrilla hideout busted in J&K

Jammu: A guerrilla hideout was busted by security personnel on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district and some arms and ammunition recovered, a defence statement said.

“Based on specific intelligence, an army unit launched a swift and surgical search operation around 1 p.m. today in Manjmi Forest near Gai village in in Doda district and busted a terror hideout.

“A cache of arms and ammunition was recovered jointly with J&K Police,” said the statement, adding the recoveries included an AK-47 rifle with magazine, two 9mm pistols, one under barrel grenade launcher (UBGL) with one round, eight 12-bore Rifles and 2,263 rounds of ammunition.

“The recovery of war like stores was possible only due to the accurate intelligence and launching of well-synchronized joint operation with Jammu and Kashmir Police in the dense forest,” it added.

–IANS