Lashkar hideout busted in Awantipora, 01 associate arrested

Awantipora, 10 Jan: Awantipora police on Sunday claimed to have busted a hideout and arrested a militant associate in Awantipora area of South Kashmir.

Police sources said that Awantipora police received an information regarding presence of militants of proscribed outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba in a hideout constructed in a particular house in village chandhara Pampore.

They said that “Upon this information, Police along with 50 RR and 110 Bn CRPF, carried out the search of the said house today morning and during search one large hideout was found in the cow shed of the said house, having the size approximately 10ftx5ft x5ft with small opening coved by a lid and a tunnel of about 6ft leading to the hideout.”

An official said that Incriminating material of proscribed outfit Lashker-e-Taiba and 26 round of AK-47 were recovered from the said hideout.

He said that Case FIR No. 04/2021 stands registered at Police Station Pampore under relevant sections of Unlawful Activity Act and one militant associate Adil Ahmad Shah S/o Mohd Azad Shah R/o Chandhara Pampore has been arrested in the instant case.