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Army troops bust 15 fortified bunker hideouts in Poonch
Jammu, Jan 02: The Army today busted 15 militant hideouts and recovered nearly 2000 kgs of ration in a surgical operation in Poonch hills of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said here.
Jammu, Jan 02: The Army today busted 15 militant
hideouts and recovered nearly 2000 kgs of ration in a surgical
operation in Poonch hills of Jammu and Kashmir, official
sources said here.
Acting on specific information that militants were
building bunker-type fortifications in Surankote Hills
adjacent to the Hill Kaka belt in Poonch district, the army
launched the operation yesterday, they said, adding it
continued till this morning.
After searches at Hari Bhudda hills in Surankote belt,
jawans zeroed in on 15 hideouts and launched an attack.
However, the hiding militants managed to escape after an
encounter in which one jawan was injured, the sources said.
The hideouts were destroyed by the army men.
Nearly 2000 kgs of ration were recovered from these
hideouts including 700 kgs of rice, gas cylinders and three
gas ovens were recovered, they said.
Bureau Report