Shadow Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 9 :
Security forces arrested three militant associates in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition from them, police said.
Police said the three- identified Ubaid Khursheed Khanday, Maqsood Ahmad Bhat, and Umer Bashir, all residents of Thokerpora Qaimoh, Kulgam- were in close contact with active terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba and The Resistance Front, and planning to carry out major “terrorist activities” in the Kulgam District.
A joint team of the Police, the Army’s 1 Rashtriya Rifles, the elite 1 Para unit, and CRPF’s 18 Battalion arrested the three.
Police said two AK-series rifles with eight magazines and 217 rounds, five hand grenades, and two magazine pouches were recovered from their possession.
“The arrested terrorist associates were in close contact with active terrorists of proscribed terrorist outfit LeT/TRF and were planning to carry out major terrorist activities in the Kulgam District,” police said
This operation further ascertains the continuous efforts of Kulgam Police against anti-national elements by thwarting a potentially grave terrorist incident, police added.
Last month, Kulgam district witnessed an encounter in which a top Hizbul Mujahideen commander, who was the longest-surviving militant in the Kashmir Valley, was killed along with his four associates. Two Army soldiers were also injured in the encounter.
