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Army busts militant hideout in north Kashmir
Srinagar, June 26 (IBNS): The Indian Army on Friday said it had busted a militant hideout in Kupwara district of north Kashmir and recovered a large number of arms and ammunition.
“Based on a specific input from a unit source, a search operation of Rashtriya Rifle unit and TA Battalion was launched in the early hours today in general area Halmatpura north of Kupwara, which resulted in recovery of a huge cache of arms, ammunition and war like stores," a spokesperson said in a press release.
Among the arms and ammunition, one AK 47 Rifle with 4 Magazines, 523 Rounds of AK 47, one UBGL with 8 Grenades, one AK 47 Silencer, one RPG, 3 RPG Bombs and 8 RPG Boosters were recovered from the hideout, statement reads.
Also seized 312 Rounds of 7.62 Pikka Machine Gun, two RDX, 7 Detonators, four Chinese Grenades, three Pistols with five Magazines, one Binocular and two Radio sets, the spokesperson said.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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