Arms, explosives haul in Kishtwar Major terror plot foiled Army and police today busted a major hideout of the militants at Maalghote Dhar forests in Kishtwar district and recovered a large quantity of arms, ammunition and explosives, which was capable of causing major terror attacks. Several mortar bombs, grenades and Pakistan made pistols were among the seizure, official sources said. They said that troops of 8 Rashtriya Rifles and Kishtwar police carried out a joint search operation in Maalghote forest area under the jurisdiction of Kishtwar police station this morning after developing specific inputs about a dump of arms, ammunition and explosives lying in the area. They conducted searches in the forests for several hours before coming across the natural hideout of the militants and making the recoveries. However, no arrests were made from the spot though the police continued searches in the villages surrounding the forests. Recoveries made from the hideout included one 52mm mortar with six mortar bombs, 12 grenades of Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL), , 10 hand grenades, one Self Loading Rifle (SLR), two Pakistan made pistols, one Kenwood radio set, three SLR magazines, two pistol magazines, 417 rounds of 7.62mm and 12 rounds of .38mm ammunition. “Recoveries made from the hideout have dealt a major blow to the militants, who were trying to regroup themselves in Kishtwar district to revive militancy and carry out terror attacks. However, their plot has been foiled with timely recovery of the arms and ammunition dump,” sources said. Police have registered a case under Section 7/25/27 Indian Arms Act and 4/5 Explosive Substance Act at Kishtwar police station in connection with the recoveries and started investigations. It may be mentioned here that Maalghote Dhar forest area of Kishtwar district was highly infested with militancy in the past but presently there had been no reports of presence of militants in the area. Police team in the operation was led by Sub Inspector Rakesh Roshan, Incharge Police Post Jawalapur. Sources said Army and police have been maintaining close surveillance in the villages surrounding Maalghote forests of Kishtwar to trace the militants or Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of the militants responsible for dumping arms, ammunition and explosives in the forests. The seized items were capable of causing major catastrophe and several terror attacks, sources said. Arms, explosives haul in Kishtwar Major terror plot foiled Army and police today busted a major hideout of the militants at Maalghote Dhar forests in Kishtwar district and recovered a large quantity of arms, ammunition and explosives, which was capable of causing major terror attacks. Several mortar bombs, grenades and Pakistan made pistols were among the seizure, official sources said. They said that troops of 8 Rashtriya Rifles and Kishtwar police carried out a joint search operation in Maalghote forest area under the jurisdiction of Kishtwar police station this morning after developing specific inputs about a dump of arms, ammunition and explosives lying in the area. They conducted searches in the forests for several hours before coming across the natural hideout of the militants and making the recoveries. However, no arrests were made from the spot though the police continued searches in the villages surrounding the forests. Recoveries made from the hideout included one 52mm mortar with six mortar bombs, 12 grenades of Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL), , 10 hand grenades, one Self Loading Rifle (SLR), two Pakistan made pistols, one Kenwood radio set, three SLR magazines, two pistol magazines, 417 rounds of 7.62mm and 12 rounds of .38mm ammunition. “Recoveries made from the hideout have dealt a major blow to the militants, who were trying to regroup themselves in Kishtwar district to revive militancy and carry out terror attacks. However, their plot has been foiled with timely recovery of the arms and ammunition dump,” sources said. Police have registered a case under Section 7/25/27 Indian Arms Act and 4/5 Explosive Substance Act at Kishtwar police station in connection with the recoveries and started investigations. It may be mentioned here that Maalghote Dhar forest area of Kishtwar district was highly infested with militancy in the past but presently there had been no reports of presence of militants in the area. Police team in the operation was led by Sub Inspector Rakesh Roshan, Incharge Police Post Jawalapur. Sources said Army and police have been maintaining close surveillance in the villages surrounding Maalghote forests of Kishtwar to trace the militants or Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of the militants responsible for dumping arms, ammunition and explosives in the forests. The seized items were capable of causing major catastrophe and several terror attacks, sources said.
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 06:28:04 +0000
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