Arms, ammunition recovered

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 16:  Security forces today recovered arms and ammunition from North Kashmir’s Kupwara district forests.
Police and Army launched searches in Rainawari forests of Handwara in Kupwara district this morning and recovered arms and ammunition.
The Arms and ammunition recovered include one AK-47 rifle, five AK-Magazine, 1450 AK ammunition rounds, 170 pika rifle ammunition rounds, 12 UGBL grenade, 9 detonators, three IED RC 3, 4 RPG round 4 and two  RPG boosters.
The operation, headed by DSP operations of Special Operations Group (SOG) Baljit Singh, was launched by SOG Handwara and Army’s 6-RR this morning after a specific information about presence of a militant hideout in the forests.
A police spokesman said here that Handwara Police and 6RR busted a hideout in a search operation in Waligam forests of Handwara. “In joint search operation by Handwara Police and 6RR busted a hideout in the forest area of Rainawari in Waligam and recovered Army and ammunition”, he added.
The spokesman said that a case has been registered in this regard and investigation taken up.
In the meantime, police today exhumed body of a militant who was killed in Srinagar early this month and his handed it over to his family.
Police said that acting on the direction of Deputy Commissioner Srinagar on an application moved by Mohammad Shafi Malik resident of Arwani, Bijbehara wherein he had stated that one of the militant killed in Ahmednagar encounter on December 5, was their kin, the body was exhumed today.
“The body of the militant was exhumed in presence of a Magistrate and the relatives identified him as Shahid-ul-Islam Malik son of Mohammad Shafi Malik resident of Arwani, Bijbehara. The body has been handed over to the kins for last rites”, the spokesman said.
It may be mentioned here that two militants were killed in an encounter on December 5 when a Santro car was stopped by the Police. The militants travelling in the car had fired on the police. One militant was killed in retailatory fire. Another who took refuge in a cow shed  was killed after 3 hours gun battle in which two cops had also got injured .
One of the militants was identified as Qari Asrar while the other militant was today identified by his family. A Special Investigation Team has been formed to trace the third militant who has escaped in a white Santro car in which all the three militants were boarding before the incident

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