Overview
- Security forces acting on intelligence recovered a cache in Mendhar, Poonch, during a coordinated search operation.
- The haul included a 4.5 kg IED, a smaller 800 g IED, two Chinese‑made grenades, a 9 mm pistol, two 9 mm rounds, and twenty‑two 7.62 mm rounds.
- The Army’s White Knight Corps and SOG Poonch led the intelligence‑driven action under Operation Gani.
- Officials reported no casualties or property damage during disposal, though accounts differ on whether the explosives were destroyed in situ or after transport.
- Reports also vary on the exact recovery site, citing either a cave in the Gani forest area or a suspicious bag found in Kasbalari’s Mohalla Salani.