SRINAGAR: Police, paramilitary CRPF, and army personnel on Wednesday busted a suspected militant hideout and recovered two tiffin improvised explosive devices (IEDs) weighing 3 kilograms in Mendhar sub-division of this mountainous district, officials said.
They said that a search operation was launched by police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) Mendhar along with police component Gursai, 246 battalion CRPF, and the army. The searches were carried out in the Passan wali, Sanai Gali in Gursai, and its adjoining areas. During the searches, a suspected militant hideout was busted, and two tiffin IEDs, each weighing 3 kgs, one steel can IED, electric wire bundle, batteries, medicine, and clothes were recovered.
Confirming it, a police official said that explosive devices were kept wrapped in polythene bags, and there was also intel about the presence of three armed militants. “The IEDs have been destroyed in a controlled manner,” the official said, adding, “Detailed searches are still ongoing.” (GNS)
