Long-range mortar recovered from militants’ arms cache

Jammu : The army Monday recovered an 82mm mortar capable of firing up to six kilometres from the cache of arms hidden by militants in the mountainous forested area of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.

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An army spokesman said that the 82mm mortar was complete with a tripod and telescope. It was part of a cache of arms, including claymore mines, detonators and grenades, recovered from Nanvi forest in Rajouri.

The mortar is categorised as part of light artillery. "Only three to four such mortars must have been recovered in the 16 years' history of militancy in the state," said the spokesman.

The weapons were buried in a wooden box in the forest.