Barely hours after the joint teams of the security forces recovered a huge consignment of arms and ammunition in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch, the Pakistan Army violated ceasefire agreement along the line of control in Mankote and Gulpur sectors of Poonch district on Saturday.
According to Defence spokesman Lt- Col Devender Anand, “the Pakistan Army resorted to intense mortar shelling around 8.00 p.m after initiating small arms firing in the forward areas of Mankote and Gulpur sectors of Poonchâ€. Till the time of filing the report, Indian army was effectively retaliating to silence the roar of Pakistani guns, he added
Earlier, the joint teams comprising Army, Mendhar police and SOG Jammu had recovered a huge consignment of arms and ammunition after intercepting the two accused persons from the Mendhar tehsil of Poonch.
Jammu & Kashmir police spokesman said the recovered arms and ammunition, explosives and other material was to be used in subversive activities. “The material was supposed to be carried from the forward area to the hinterland for subversive activitiesâ€, the spokesman said in a written statement.
“As of now 2 accused have been apprehended and a case FIR 217/ 2020 under relevant sections of Unlawful Activity Prevention Act has been registered at police station Mendhar.
The police spokesman said, the recoveries included Chinese pistol -03, Pistol magazines -06 ,Pistol rounds -70, Hand grenades -11, Wireless set – 01, IED -01, Batteries -02, Flags – 02, Mobile phone -01, Charger -01 ,Pen drive -01 and other related materials to IED.
