Police in Jammu and Kashmir busts two hideouts of terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba

Two hideouts of the proscribed terrorist outfit Lashkar e Taiba in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district has been busted by the Jammu and Kashmir police and also recovered a large number of arms and ammunition, officials said.

The police along with the Army and CRPF had launched a search operation late on Wednesday, based on the credible inputs about the presence of terrorists in the forest area of Badroo Barsoo at Awantipora.

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Early on Thursday, the two hideouts were destroyed, the police said.

Incriminating material and a huge cache of explosives and ammunition recovered include one AK-47 rifle, 1,918 rounds of ammunition, two hand grenades, one UBGL thrower, four UBGL grenades and half a bag of ammonium nitrate-like substance.

A case has been registered and further probe was underway.