LeT hideout busted in south Kashmir’s Awantipora

AWANTIPORA — Awantipora Police received an information regarding the presence of a militant of proscribed outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba in a hideout constructed in a particular house in Chandhara village of Pampore.

In a statement issued here, police said, “Upon this information, Police along with 50 RR and 110 Bn CRPF carried out th search of the said house today morning and during the search, one large hideout was found in the cow shed of the said house.”

“The size of the hideout is approximately 10ft x 5ft x 5ft with small opening covered by a lid and a tunnel of about 6 ft leading to the hideout,” it added.

“Incriminating material of proscribed outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba and 26 rounds of AK-47 were recovered from the said hideout,” police statement said.

The police further said, “A case FIR No. 04/2021 stands registered at Police Station Pampore under relevant sections of Unlawful Activity Act and one terrorist associate Adil Ahmad Shah son of Mohd Azad Shah resident of Chandhara Pampore has been arrested in the instant case.”