Overview
- Joint teams from the Army’s 9 Rashtriya Rifles and Kulgam Police located and destroyed two old hideouts in the Damhal Hanjipora forests of south Kashmir.
- The sites lay in a forested belt between the villages of Ahmed Abad and Nengripora, an area long used for concealment by militant groups.
- Searchers recovered survival supplies including gas cylinders, clothing, medical items and basic cooking utensils, and found no militants at the scene.
- Officials said the bunkers appeared dormant with no weapons recovered, and seized items are being examined for fingerprints, DNA and potential group links.
- Security forces have reinforced the cordon and are scanning nearby villages for possible overground workers and hidden arms caches as part of continuing operations.