Srinagar/Jammu, January 24: Ahead of the Republic Day, security forces seized a huge cache of arms and explosives, including over 15-kg RDX and 150 grenades, in two separate operations today, scuttling militants’ plan to disrupt the national event in the state.
The seizures, which included two Pak-made Anti-Personal Mines and 13 mortar bombs, were effected in Baramulla district in Kashmir valley and Rajouri in Jammu region, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of police, army and CRPF personnel raided Check-e-Mamoosa area in Baramulla district in the wee hours and recovered a large quantity of arms and explosives from a stream.
The haul included over 10-kg of lethal RDX, 15O grenades and two Anti-Personal Mines, SSP (Baramulla) Shakeel Ahmad Beigh told
–Agencies