Terrorist hideout busted in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch, two AK-47 seized

The police and the army on Friday busted a terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district and recovered arms and ammunition, including two AK-47 rifles and four magazines. The recoveries were made after the police and the army initiated a joint search operation in a forested area at Mangnar in Poonch district based on specific intelligence input.

Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir): In a joint search operation launched by Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police, a terrorist hideout was busted in Mangnar top of Poonch district on Friday.

Two AK-47 rifles and four magazines were seized from the hideout.

"We have specific input and on that basis, Special Operations Group (SOG) Poonch and local army unit launched a search operation. In the Kalsa forest area in Mangnar top during the search, a hideout was seen. When the hideout was searched then arms were seized. There were two AK-47 and four magazines," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Poonch Ramesh Angral told a news agency.

"This area was a notorious infiltration route and we usually launch search operation in these types of areas. We will ascertain its linkages and a task force is made by SOG to do the investigation in this," he said.

Legal action is being taken and intelligence-based operation in the region will continue, he added.

Earlier on Friday, one civilian killed and six others were injured as India and Pakistan troops exchanged fire along the Line of Control in Tangdhar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Arif (40).

(With inputs from ANI)