Date:15/12/2002 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2002/12/15/stories/2002121504330101.htm

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Missile recovered

SRINAGAR DEC. 14. The security forces today recovered a Pakistan-made anti-aircraft missile from a militant hideout in Nagri-Malpora forests in north Kashmir, sources said.

A team of 24 Rashtriya Rifles raided a hideout in the forest of Kupwara and recovered the missile. The militants had abandoned the missile while they fled, sources said.

This is the second recovery of an anti-aircraft missile from militants in Kashmir.

PTI