Huge catch of arms and ammunition recovered at Mahore
Jammu, February 18 (HS): A huge cache of weapons, including warlike stores, recovered in Makkhidhar forest of Reasi district by Indian Army and JKP Mahore. Reports said Indian Army and JKP in a joint operations on the night of 17-18 February has recovered a huge cache of weapons, including warlike stores in the hinterlands of Reasi district of Jammu region. On 17 Feb late evening, input was received from reliable source regarding suspicious activity in the remote and dense forests of Makkhidar in Reasi.
These warlike stores were spread over large area in remote uninhabited forests of Makkhidhar forest in Reasi. Persistent and coordinated efforts of joint search by Indian Army and JKP duly supported by local intelligence units has led to successfully unearth huge cache of weapons and war like stores. Officials said terrorists are in acute shortage of weapons and are desperate to try and disrupt peace and development being embraced by the people of the region after an extremely successful DDC election process.
Reasi district has had the highest polling percentage of more than 80 percent during these DDC elections setting a record for the country and people of Jammu and Kashmir has seen through the sinister design and narrative of Pakistan to try and infect the scrooge of violence and disrupt growth and development being embraced by the youth of Jammu and Kashmir.
This comes immediately few days after security forces recovered war like stores in Jammu bus stand. The Army Spokesperson said that a “huge cache of arms and warlike stores were recovered from the hinterlands of South of Pir Panjal Ranges of Reasi District” Joint operations by team of Indian Army with JKP Mahore cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to find out the warlike stores and sanitize the area.
Spokesperson said that the huge cache of arms recovered comprises of AK-47 rifles, SLR Rifle, 303 Rifle, 2 Pistols with magazines, ammunition, 04 UBGL grenades and an entire box of AK 47 ammunition and radio sets.