Militant hideout busted, cache of arms, ammunition seized in J&K's Poonch district

The army on Tuesday busted a militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district and seized a cache of arms and ammunition.

The recovery of weapons and ammunition strongly indicate that the hideout had been stocked to cater for militant operations in days to come, said Defence Spokesperson Lt Col Manish Mehta in a statement issued here.

The spokesperson said based on "hard" intelligence from a reliable source, a search operation for the militant hideout was launched by the army at around midnight on Monday in the general area of Ratta Chhamb Nar in Surankote Tehsil.

After sustained operations by the army search party, an underground hideout in the forested area of Ratta Chhamb Nar was found in the early hours on Tuesday. "Three AK-47, nine AK magazines, 270 rounds of 7.62 mm and six Chinese grenades were seized from the hideout.