Troops on June 23 destroyed a major hideout of the Lashkar-e-Toiba
(LeT)
militants in the Sanai
forest area of Surankote
tehsil (revenue
unit) in Poonch District
and recovered a large
quantity of arms,
ammunition and explosives,
according to Daily
Excelsior. The
recoveries included
two AK-47 automatic
rifles with 60 rounds,
200 rounds of PIKA
ammunition, a double
sniper bore rifle,
six Chinese grenades,
two AK-47 filled magazines,
a UBGL launcher and
four grenades. Troops
also recovered a pipe
bomb, few clothes,
cells and detonator
wire, which could
have been used by
the militants for
fabricating Improvised
Explosive Devices
(IEDs) to cause large
scale destruction,
official sources said.
Meanwhile, Indian Army has pushed back three militants who
had offered to surrender
and their 16 family
members to Pakistan
occupied Kashmir (PoK)
asking them to follow
the proper channel
for availing the surrender
policy announced by
the Jammu and Kashmir
Government, reports
IBN Live. "We did not allow them to cross
over to this side
as they had not followed
the proper procedure
and surrender under
the rehabilitation
policy is not under
the Army purview,"
an Army spokesman
said. He said the
militants and their
families were asked
to follow the proper
channel for availing
the benefit of the
surrender policy.
Official sources had
earlier said that
the militants and
their family members
had surrendered before
an Army unit in Uri
tehsil (revenue
unit) of Baramulla
district. |
