3 hideouts of Hizb busted in South Kashmir

Fayaz Bukhari

SRINAGAR, May 29: A day after Army arrested Hizbul Mujahideen commander, Burhan Wani’s aide, security forces today busted three hideouts of the militant group from South Kashmir.
Wani’s aide, Tariq Pandit, was arrested yesterday from South Kashmir’s Karimabad village after a tip off. Sources said that he has made disclosures about the movement of the group, their hideouts and modus operandi.
Awantipora Police and 42 RR of Army today raided a house in Dadsar area of Tral in Pulwama district on the directions of arrested militant Tariq Pandit. They recovered arms and ammunition from wardrobe of the house during searches.
The recovered items include one pistol, one pistol magazine, 37 pistol rounds, 81 AK rounds and two grenades. However, no one was arrested by the security forces during the raid.
In another operation by the Awantipora Police and 42 RR in village Noorpora area of Tral in Pulwama district, security forces busted a militant hideout in Government Higher Secondary School Noorpora, Tral.
The recovered items include 10 blankets, two rucksacks, two stablizers, one inverter, one pouch, two 24 volt batteries, one petromax and two combo dresses.
The troops also raided Yarwan forests of Pulwama district today and busted a militant hideout there. They recovered nine mini blankets, one black sling, six caps, one T-Shirt, one Army dress and two shoes.
Army assisted by para-commandos and Police conducted massive searches in forest area of Gulshanpora, Tral in Pulwama district against the Hizbul Mujahideen militants. They were looking for more hideouts of the Hizbul Mujahideen, however, the operation was later called off.
Tariq Pandit was key member of Burhan Wani group of Hizbul Mujahideen and he was figuring in almost all the videos and pictures released by the group for last one year. His arrest is a major blow to the group and security forces have launched massive searches against them on the information provided by Tariq.

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