Machine gun, ammunition found in JK militant hideout

Small arms, ammunition and a Pika machine gun were recovered from a hideout in Doda district during a search operation by police and army troops.

Doda (Jammu and Kashmir): Police and army troops have found an arms cache in Jammu and Kashmir when they smashed a hideout used by suspected militants, according to officials.

Small arms, ammunition and a Pika machine gun were recovered from the hideout in Doda district, officials said.

The operation was launched after security forces received specific intel about a hideout in the area.

"Based on specific input of a terrorist hideout, a joint team of the Indian army and Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a search operation in Chirala," an army official said.

He also said more searches are continuing.

IANS REPORT