The seizure was made by the Indian Army days after receiving inputs of the Pakistani Army’s possible bid to disrupt the pilgrimage, which is undertaken by thousands of people every year.
Chinar Corps Commander Lt General K.J.S. Dhillon, who led the troops in the Kashmir Valley, on Friday claimed that Pakistan has been trying to disrupt the peace in Kashmir.
According to Dhillon, “there were confirmed intelligence reports that terrorists backed by Pakistan and its army are trying to disrupt Amarnath Yatra”.
"IEDs have been recovered. Caches of ammunition, explosives and weapons have been recovered along the Amarnath yatra routes. Searches are still going on. One of the weapons (M-24) is here. Pakistan army mine has been recovered in the searches", Lt General Dhillon said, with the army recently having discovered a landmine with markings of the “Pakistan Ordnance Factory”.
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Over the last few days, the Indian Army has managed to neutralise several militants and nabbed three of them in the Kashmir Valley. The army operation is still ongoing.
Meanwhile, the Indian government has put its army and air force on high operational alert in the Kashmir Valley amid "unprecedented" tension at the border with Pakistan.
An Indian Home Ministry official also confirmed the additional deployment of security forces in the Kashmir Valley.
"We're getting inputs that violence levels are likely to be increased by militants. So, we've tried to strengthen grid on ground. Also, we've been told that troops must get time to relax. This is the time for turnover. But grid will be in as much active form as required", Jammu and Kashmir state Police Chief Dilbag Singh said.
Relations between the two nuclear-armed countries, India and Pakistan, worsened after a 14 February terrorist attack on an Indian military convoy in Kashmir in which over 40 servicemen were killed. The Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad allegedly claimed responsibility for the attack.
Later in February, India carried out an airstrike in the Pakistani-controlled part of Kashmir, targeting what it said was a training camp belonging to the terrorist group.
The Kashmir region has been fought over by India and Pakistan since the end of British rule in 1947.
