Terrorist Hideout Busted In J&K's Poonch, 19 Grenades Seized
Security forces on Sunday unearthed a terrorist hideout in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir and also recovered 19 hand grenades.
Editorial Staff
Terrorist Hideout Busted In J&K's Poonch, 19 Grenades Seized
Security forces on Sunday unearthed a terrorist hideout in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the recovery of 19 hand grenades and scuttling of a terrorist plan to disturb peace in the border district by carrying out grenade attacks, a defence spokesman said. No one was arrested during the operation which was jointly carried out by the Army and police in Phagla area of Surankote, the spokesman said. Based on a specific input that terrorists were planning to target security forces on NH 144A (Jammu-Poonch highway), a well coordinated joint operation was launched by the Rashtriya Rifles and police in Phagla area. “The relentless development of intelligence by both the agencies led to discovery of a huge cache of grenades, hidden in a well-concealed natural (cave) hideout. A total of 19 hand grenades have been found,” the spokesman said. He said the recovery of the grenades foiled the designs of inimical elements to disrupt peace and tranquillity in Poonch. “This busting of hide…
