Terrorist hideout busted in J&K, 7 IEDs seized

DN Bureau

Security forces on Tuesday seized improvised explosive devices and a wireless set from a terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.

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Jammu: Security forces on Tuesday seized improvised explosive devices and a wireless set from a terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said.

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The seizure was made during a search operation that was launched on Sunday following information from villagers about the movement of suspicious people in a forest in Surankote, they said.

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Seven IEDs, a gas cylinder and a wireless set were seized from the abandoned hideout in the Dhair forest, the officials said and added that no one has been arrested.

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Personnel of the army and police are part of the operation and they entered the Dhoke area on Monday morning, they said.

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No suspected terrorist has been intercepted till now. The operation is still going on, the officials said. (PTI)










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