Militant hideout busted, grenades, bombs recovered in Kashmir

Srinagar, Dec 19 (KMW): Troops of Rashitriya Rifles (RR) busted a militant hideout and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition, including grenades and mortar bombs in the frontier district of Kupwara.

A defence ministry spokesman Lt Colonel N N Joshi said troops of RR launched a search operation following a tip-off about militant hideout at Safawali Gali, 10 km north of Kupwara in north Kashmir.

During the searches, a militant hideout was unearthed, he said adding the arms and ammunition recovered included 11 grenades, two mortar bombs and 614 rounds of Ak ammunition.