Kulgam, Sept 30: Security forces on Tuesday claimed to have unearthed an old hideout used by militants in the dense forest belt of Laisoo Gudder in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The operation, carried out jointly by the Army’s 9 Rashtriya Rifles, 18 Battalion Central Reserve Police Force, and Special Operations Group of Kulgam Police, marked a fresh sweep in the ongoing counter-insurgency efforts in the region.

Police sources said that specific intelligence inputs had suggested the possible presence of a cache or remnants of militant infrastructure in the forested area falling under the jurisdiction of Police Station Devsar. Acting upon the lead, a search operation was launched early in the morning with multiple teams cordoning off the thick woods that stretch across Laisoo Gudder.

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