Srinagar, Feb 21 (UNI) Security forces on Sunday busted a militant hideout and recovered arms and ammunition, including three AK-56 rifles, two pistols and several grenades, in the forest area in south Kashmir district of Anantnag.



Official sources said that following specific information, a joint search operation was launched by Army and J&K Police in the forest area in Anantnag. “During the search, security forces unearthed a militant hideout and recovered three AK 56 rifles, two Chinese pistols, two grenades, telescope, AK/Pistol magazines and other incriminating material recovered,” they said.



They said the recovery was made after receiving information, during questioning, from three newly recruited militants, who were arrested by security forces in connection with firing at famous Krishna Dhaba in Srinagar on Wednesday.



Aakash Mehra, son of Ramesh Kumar Mehra, the owner of Krishna Dabba, was injured by militants at his restaurant in Sonwar in Srinagar at around 1935 hrs on Wednesday.

The firing incident had comes at a time when foreign envoys from 23 different countries were on a two-day long visit to J&K to assess the overall ground situation in the Union Territory (UT).



Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar, on Friday said that three newly recruited militants, who were responsible for the attack, were arrested along with a pistol in south Kashmir.



He said the trio was recruited by a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander Gazi, who had tasked them to carry out attack at Krishna Dhaba as the foreign delegation was in the city.

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