Shopian, Mar 6: A militants’ hideout was busted bygovernment forces during a cordon and search operation in Kungoo village ofShopian district on Wednesday.
A police official said that a joint team of army, specialoperations group of J&K police and CRPF men laid a siege around Kungooafter receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the area. During thesearches lasting five hours, the forces found the hideout in an apple orchard.
Shopian senior superintendent of police Sandeep KumarChoudary said “substantial incriminating material” and other items wererecovered from the hiding place.
Meanwhile, a police official said that Jahangir Alam, asecurity guard at J&K Bank’s Kundalan branch reported with police stationShopian that his 12 bore rifle went missing from the branch last night. Theofficial said that police registered a case and started investigations.