‘Large cache of explosives seized’
Idrees Bukhtiyar
Srinagar, May 24: Jammu & Kashmir Police on Sunday said that security forces busted a terrorist hideout in Nilsar Kandi area of Chandoosa village in north Kashmir’s Baramulla and recovered a huge cache of explosives and war-like stores during a joint counter-terror operation.
According to police, the operation was launched on the basis of specific intelligence inputs generated by J&K Police. The joint operation was carried out by police along with 52 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), CRPF’s 53 Battalion and SSB’s 2 Battalion.
During the search operation, the security forces unearthed a concealed terrorist hideout and recovered a significant quantity of explosive material, including 14 Soviet-made OG-7V fragmentation rounds meant for rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), packed in plastic containers, and nine PG-7P propellant charges or boosters kept inside green plastic tubes.
A police spokesperson said the recovery averted a potential threat and marked a major success in the ongoing anti-terror operations in north Kashmir.
“The operation continued for nearly six hours to ensure complete sanitisation of the area and to eliminate any possible threat,” the spokesperson said.
The recovered explosives were later examined by the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) of J&K Police and safely destroyed on the spot in accordance with standard safety procedures, officials said.
Police have registered an FIR under Sections 4/5 of the Explosive Substances Act and Section 7/25 of the Arms Act at Police Station Chandoosa under number 23/2026.
Further investigation into the matter has been initiated, officials added.