Srinagar: Police on Monday busted a militant hideout in Chandergair village of Hajin in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.

According to the sources, a cordon-and-search-operation was launched by a joint team of forces around 10:30 pm last night.

During the search operation, forces recovered arms and ammunition from the cowshed of Ab Rehman Parrey, son of Muhammad Anwar Parrey, a resident of Chandergeer Hajin.

Reports said that six militants, including the nephew of Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, and an IAF GARUD commando were killed in a gunfight that erupted in the house of same owner.

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