SRINAGAR: A joint search operation by security forces led to the busting of a militant hideout in Garha, Sawjian sector of Mandi tehsil in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said on Wednesday.
Officials said that during the operation, forces recovered 246 rounds of PIKA rifle ammunition that were hidden inside the hideout.
The hideout was subsequently destroyed and the ammunition seized.
The operation was carried out on the basis of specific intelligence inputs. Officials said the area has been sanitized and further searches launched.(GNS)
