J&K Police, in a joint operation with the Army and other security agencies, busted a terrorist hideout in Baramulla district and recovered a large cache of explosives.
The operation was conducted on Saturday in the Nilsar Kandi area of Chandoosa in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
Acting on specific intelligence inputs generated by J&K Police, a joint search operation was launched by police personnel along with 52 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), CRPF and SSB teams.
During the operation, security forces unearthed a concealed hideout and recovered a substantial quantity of war-like stores, including 14 Soviet-made OG-7V fragmentation rounds meant for rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), packed in plastic containers.
Security personnel also seized nine PG-7P propellant charges and boosters stored in green plastic tubes.
“The recovery has thwarted a potential threat and marks a significant achievement in North Kashmir’s ongoing anti-terror operations. The operation continued for nearly six hours to ensure complete sanitisation of the area and eliminate any possible threat,” a police spokesperson said.
The recovered explosive material was later examined by the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) of J&K Police and safely destroyed on-site in accordance with established safety procedures.
A case under Sections 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act and Sections 7/25 of the Arms Act has been registered at Chandoosa police station, and further investigation is underway.
