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Huge cache of arms and ammunition seized in Kashmir | Two days ahead of the country's Republic Day, the Indian Army and the Jammu and Kashmir police seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition in a joint operation carried
out in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday. The seizure included
51 automatic grenade launchers, 57 grenades, 42 under barrel grenade launcher
(UBGL) grenades, two anti-personnel mines, 30 electronic detonators and 10
kilograms
of explosives. The police also found one machine gun, 4 wireless sets, 28 electric
circuits, 13 mortar shells, 32 improvised circuits, four charger boxes and 2100
rounds of AK rifles. Acting on a tip off, the police and army raided
Cheek-e-Mamoosa,
around 32 kilometres from Baramulla, the district headquarters, and recovered
the arms and ammunition. The police, on the seizure of such arms and ammunition,
claimed that it has prevented major tragedies that might have taken place during
the Republic Day. "We gathered information and launched a joint operation in which
we recovered arms and ammunition and thus we have been able to avert major
tragedies
that might have taken place on 26th January," said Shakeel Ahmed, Senior
Superintendent
of Police ( SSP ), Baramulla. After a period of relative calm, militants have
stepped up attacks across Kashmir . Security has also been beefed up in other
parts of India and several cities continue to be on high alert. The Indian Coastguard
and the Indian Navy have stepped up coastal patrols since the Mumbai attackers
had entered India by sea and carried out the Mumbai terror attack last November. |
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