Srinagar, Oct 7 (NVI) Security forces on Wednesday recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from an old hideout in the Nagda Nar forest area of Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said.
Acting on specific information, a joint team of Handwara Police, Rashtriya Rifles and CRPF conducted a search operation in the forest area, they said.
During the operation, the security forces detected and destroyed an old hideout and recovered an AK-47 rifle, three grenades, 857 AK rounds, 192 PIKA rounds, eight AK magazines, a silencer and 83 pistol rounds, besides other incriminating material, officials said.
A case has been registered under relevant sections of law and further investigation has been initiated, they said.—(NVI)
