694 antique coins recovered in south Kashmir’s Tral
The antique coins are believed to be of significant historical and archaeological value.
The antique coins are believed to be of significant historical and archaeological value.
In another incident, the Army and J&K Police in a joint operation busted a trans-border weapon racket and recovered China and Turkey made pistols and ammunition.
The arrests were carried out by the Haryana STF, while the third escapee, a local gangster, is absconding.
The main accused, Ekant Yogdutt alias Dr Morphine, was arrested by Ganderbal Police while returning from China at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi.
IGP Jammu, BS Tuti, in a post on X, said that the terrorist has been neutralised in a joint operation of J&K Police with the Army and CRPF in the general area of Billawar, Kathua district.
A proxy group of the Jaish-eMohammed claimed responsibility for the attack. On 5 May, terrorists detonated an IED during an encounter in a forested area of Rajouri in which another five soldiers were martyred.
According to the police, incriminating materials, arms & ammunition including 1 pistol, 1 pistol magazine, 4 pistol rounds, 1 silencer, 1 IED, 1 remote control, 2 batteries, and 1 empty magazine of an AK 47 rifle were recovered on their disclosure.
The man was identified as Kiran Patel a resident of Ahmadabad, Gujarat who was impersonating himself as Additional Director (Strategy and campaigns) PMO New Delhi, the statement said.
Kishtwar district decided to probe how the former Army jawan, who was sacked in 2015 from a Sikh Battalion, procured the licence in 2014 and then kept getting it renewed in different districts.
More than 300 members including both old and new members trained by the CRPF in the Kalakote during the special drive by the CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir police.
