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Militant hideout busted in Poonch’s Mendhar

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Militant hideout busted in Poonch’s Mendhar

 

Poonch, Feb 09 (KNO): Security forces on Thursday busted a militant hideout in Naka Manjari village of Mendhar in Poonch district and recovered rusted ammunition from it.

Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a team of army and police launched operation in Naka Manjari and busted the hideout in which a body pouch of militants was found.

In this pouch, officials said, four AK rifle magazines, some bullets, two grenades, some explosive material, one binocular and other material was recovered.

They said most of the material is old and rusted, while search operation in the area is still going on—(KNO)

See also  *Of 177 Central Forces Personnel, 73 lost lives in J&K in 3 years: MHA in Rajya Sabha* Srinagar, Dec 21: Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that out of 177 Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel, who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty from 2019 to 2021, 73 lost their lives in Jammu and Kashmir. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) 177 CAPFs personnel have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty in the last three years. He said out of these maximum 73 personnel lost their lives in J&K, followed by 27 in Chhattisgarh. Among the 73, he said 49 were from CRPF, one from SSB, who were killed in 2019z He said 20 including a BSF trooper were killed in 2020 and 3 CRPF personnel were killed in 2021–(KNO)
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