Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said that it has busted a militant hideout and have apprehended a Over Ground Worker in Doabgah area Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
In a statement issued on Thursday Police said on specific information a CASO was launched at Ganai Mohalla Doabgah Sopore by Police Sopore, 22 RR & 179 CRPF at about 1530 HRS. During CASO a militant hideout belonging to banned militant organization HM was busted in the basement of a single story house belonging to (Name Withheld).
They said inside the hideout a huge cache of Arms & Ammunition was recovered, which was to be used to cause a major attack/fidayeen on the security forces.
The hideout was destroyed on the spot in presence of the Executive Magistrate. One OGW was arrested in this connection. Case under relevant sections of law has been lodged in Police Station Sopore and investigation taken up, the statement added.
