Kashmir: Army busts terrorist hideout in Handwara, seizes large cache of arms&ammunition

Indian Army on Sunday busted a terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handawara district and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition.

The 47 Rashtriya Rifles unit of the Indian Army searched the forest area of Chak Kigam Handwara and a large cache of explosive material, arms and ammunition including one anti-aircraft gun.

Lt Gen JS Sandhu, GoC 15 Corp termed the mission successful and informed more such operations will follow in future to bring peace in the region.

“Operation All-Out is very successful. We'll continue with operations to try & bring peace to this place (J&K),” Lt Gen JS Sandhu, GoC 15 Corp said.

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Earlier on Saturday, the Jammu and Kashmir police had claimed to have seized over 50 litres of illegal diesel in the Nowgam area of Handwara district.

Meanwhile, Pakistan continued to violate ceasefire in along the LoC and two Jawans were injured in Bhimber Gali sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district.