Shivam Bakshi
Poonch, Oct 23 (NVI): Security forces recovered suspected improvised explosive devices (IEDs), a magazine and other material from a hideout in the Mendhar area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Friday, officials said.
Acting on specific intelligence inputs, security forces launched a search operation in the general area of Kasbalari in Mendhar, leading to the recovery of the material, they said.
The recovered items included a black bag, six brown tape-insulated containers suspected to be IEDs, a blue tape-insulated container also suspected to be an IED, a combat pouch, a black iron box suspected to be a magazine, and a magazine believed to be for a 7.62 mm light machine gun (LMG).
An aluminium container, two power adapters, a power source and a tiffin were also recovered during the operation, officials said.
Further investigation into the recovery has been initiated, they added.—(NVI)
