Security forces claimed to have busted a militant hideout at Chanser Forest in Gandoh area of Doda district and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition from the underground dump on Monday evening.
Acting on specific information, 4 Rashtriya Rifles based atBhadarwah, led by CO 4RR and Major Kuldeep along with 40 army personnel, ASIRam Prasad and 4 policemen launched a joint operation in the Chanser Forest ofDoda district, an Army spokesman said.
He said: “After 48-hour long search operation, a cache ofarms and ammunition was seized.”
The spokesperson further said “On specific information froma reliable source, we busted an underground militant hideout in Chanser Foresttoday evening and recovered war like stores, including different kinds ofweapons and other arms and ammunition.”
The recoveries include 11 Magazine of AK-47, 581 rounds ofAK -47, 4 Motorola set, 1 Motorola set battery & 1 charger, 8 RPG rounds, 5Magazines of SLR, 1 Magazine of PISTOL, 1 UBGL BRL, 1 Chinese Pistol, 1 DESSIKATTA( LOCAL) and 188 ammunition of WCC (10MM).