Army recovers huge cache of arms in J& K
Ammunition also seized by BSF, local police
The Army on Tuesday claimed that its troops defending the Line of Control ( LoC) hit upon “a huge cache of arms and ammunition” left behind by a group of infiltrators in secret locations in Rampur sector of Uri belt in Jammu and Kashmir’s north- western Baramulla district. It said that after being challenged by alert troops, the infiltrators moved back into PakistanoccupiedJammu and Kashmir ( PoJK).
Separately, the Border Security Force ( BSF) and J& K police said that they during a joint operation carried out in Shiendara Top and Khanater Top villages in the hills of Poonch district of Jammu region recovered two pistols with four magazines and 150 rounds of live ammunition, five AK- 47 magazines and 250 bullets, two wireless sets, four grenades and a binocular from a militant hideout.
Defence spokesman
Colonel Rajesh Kalia said here that the Army troops detected movement of suspicious persons in a forward area in Rampur sector on August 30. “The movement was from a village close to the LoC and the suspects crossed into Indian Territory. Due to terrain of thick foliage and weather conditions an alert of likely infiltration attempt was sounded,” he said.
The spokesman said that at first further light on
Monday, the troops carried a search of the area which continued for seven hours and that it was when two “concealed locations” in two “hideouts” were discovered. “From these hideouts five AK series rifles along with six magazines and two sealed boxes of 1,254 rounds of AK ammunition, six pistols with nine magazines and six rounds, 21 grenades, 2 UBGL grenades and 2 Kenwood radio sets were recovered,” he said.