Arms seized from ultras in JK enough to raise a large army

According to state home department officials, security forces have seized nearly 31,000 AK rifles of various series from the militants and their hideouts in the state since the eruption of militancy in 1990.

The security forces have also seized nearly 11,500 pistols, 1,027 universal machine guns, 79 carbines, 219 light machine guns, 69 general purpose machine guns, 295 rifles of .303 make and nearly 400 sniper rifles over the past 22 years.

A senior official of the security grid in the state said the arms seized from militants in JK over the years was enough to raise an army of more than 50,000 active personnel.

"The variety in the arms and ammunition seized in the state - rifles, light and heavy machine guns, carbines, snipers, rockets and launchers