Poonch, Sept 04:Poonch Police last night recovered the missing automatic AK weapon during intensive search operation launched in Shanker Nagar area of Poonch town.
The said weapon went missing from DPL Poonch few days ago and was of a police constable posted in DPL Poonch.
Soon after the missing, investigation into the matter was started and it was suspected that someone might have kept the weapon hidden in any blind site and in last few days, different teams under the supervision of AdSP Poonch Anwar Ul Haq and overall supervision of Ssp Poonch Rajiv Pandey conducted searches in more than one hundred such blind spots and other suspected locations in and around Poonch town.
Last night, a search operation was launched by police teams headed by DySP DAR Mohan Sharma, DySP Operations Bhishm Dubey and SHO SP Singh and locations in Shanker Nagar locality were being put to searches when cops entered a Nallah where the said missing AK weapon was found kept hidden.
Soon, Ssp Poonch Rajiv Pandey alongwith AdSP Poonch Anwar Ul Haq also reached on spot and weapon was seized and after continuing operation in the area for some hours, it was called off today morning.
Police is now investigating the matter as how the said weapon went missing.
The cop whose weapon went missing was placed under suspension already.
