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Guerrilla hideout busted in Jammu and Kashmir

5 Dariya News

Jammu 22-Jun-2014

The army Sunday busted a guerrilla hideout in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir and seized a large cache of arms and ammunition, a defence spokesman said."At 2.30 p.m. today (Sunday), troops of 8 Rashtriya Rifles and 9 Sector Rashtriya Rifles busted a militant hideout in Keshwan village of Kishtwar district," Colonel Manish Mehta told IANS in Jammu.A large cache of arms and ammunition was seized from the hideout. The weapons included an AK-47 rifle, two pistols, a rifle, three .12 bore rifles, 60 kg RDX, one kg explosive with Russian markings, 40 detonators, three rocket propelled grenades, 43 hand grenades, 19 under-barrel gun ammunition, 608 rounds of AK-series ammunition, 940 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, 13 AK-series magazines and a radio set.Former union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad visited the village two days back where the army busted the hideout Sunday.