Srinagar: Police on Monday claimed to have busted a hideout in Sanglan forests area of Uttersoo in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
In a handout, the police said that in a counter-militancy operation, a joint team of Special Operations Group (SOG) Anantnag, 19 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), and CRPF successfully busted a militant hideout in the higher reaches of Sanglan forest, under the jurisdiction of Police Station Uttersoo.
Based on specific intelligence inputs, armed forces conducted a thorough search operation in the dense forest area, leading to the discovery of the hideout.
Preliminary investigations suggest that it was being used as a logistical base by militants, the police statement said.
The spokesperson further stated that items recovered from the hideout are around 200 empty AK cartridges, Two gas cylinders, One Chinese grenade, One Night Vision Device (NVD), Bedding, utensils and food packets. (GNS)
