Ammunition recovered from Udhampur encounter site

Jammu, Oct 6 (UNI) Security forces recovered huge cache of ammunition from the site of encounter in which two militants were eliminated in Ramnagar area of Udhamour district in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources here today said.

''The army and the police launched a joint operation after the encounter in which both the militants were killed at village Khali in Chanunta area of tehsil Ramnagar and recovered a dump of cache,'' police told UNI.

The cache comprised one AK 56 Rifle, 19 AK 56 rounds, three AK 56 magazines, one .303 rifle without butt with one magazine, one wireless set, two mobile sets, two pittu pouches and Rs. 1, 710 Indian Currency, they said.

The slain militants were member of Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit and were ascertained as Rizwan, code Abu Tallah resident of Pakistan and Sabar, Code Abu Hamza resident of village Tanda, Ramnagar.

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