11-05-2006, 04:21 AM
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Pioneer News Service | Jammu
In a major haul, security forces recovered 200 kg of RDX from a militant's hideout in Sumbar village near Ramban in Doda district on Saturday morning. SSP Ramban, Basant Rath said that a police team raided a hideout on a tip off that deputy Divisional Commander of Hizbul Mujahideen Aijaz alias Qarri is hiding there.
He said that during the raid, the police party seized a cache of 200 kg of RDX along with 61 detonators and timer device in Sumbar. He said no arrests have been made in the case as militants, probably experts in making improvised explosive devices had managed to escape before the police team reached the spot. The seized material was probably to be used to cause explosions in Jammu after the opening of Civil Secretariat and other offices in Jammu they said.
In a separate incident, security forces gunned down one Lashkar-e-Toiba militant in Mendhar area of Poonch district, police said, adding one AK-56 rifle and some ammunition were recovered from him. Meanwhile, security forces recovered one .12 bore rifle, 15 rounds of AK assault rifle's ammunition and three kg explosives during a search operation in Basantgarh area of Udhampur.Â
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Pioneer News Service | Jammu
In a major haul, security forces recovered 200 kg of RDX from a militant's hideout in Sumbar village near Ramban in Doda district on Saturday morning. SSP Ramban, Basant Rath said that a police team raided a hideout on a tip off that deputy Divisional Commander of Hizbul Mujahideen Aijaz alias Qarri is hiding there.
He said that during the raid, the police party seized a cache of 200 kg of RDX along with 61 detonators and timer device in Sumbar. He said no arrests have been made in the case as militants, probably experts in making improvised explosive devices had managed to escape before the police team reached the spot. The seized material was probably to be used to cause explosions in Jammu after the opening of Civil Secretariat and other offices in Jammu they said.
In a separate incident, security forces gunned down one Lashkar-e-Toiba militant in Mendhar area of Poonch district, police said, adding one AK-56 rifle and some ammunition were recovered from him. Meanwhile, security forces recovered one .12 bore rifle, 15 rounds of AK assault rifle's ammunition and three kg explosives during a search operation in Basantgarh area of Udhampur.Â
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