Weapons seized from guerrilla hideout in Kashmir

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IANS Jammu
Last Updated : Feb 06 2014 | 8:41 PM IST

Security forces busted a militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir's hilly Doda district and seized weapons and ammunition from the site, a defence official said Thursday.

"Based on specific intelligence inputs about a militant hideout, a joint operation was launched by the army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police in Halaran area of Doda district Feb 5 (Wednesday)," he said.

The weapons seized from the hideout - a natural cave in the dense forest - included a light machine gun with magazine, two Chinese pistols with magazines, one under barrel grenade launcher and five grenades.

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First Published: Feb 06 2014 | 8:26 PM IST

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