Shiekh Nadeem
Ananthnag, Jan 30 : Police on Saturday claimed to have busted a militant module in southern region of Kashmir.
In a statement issued to Kashmir Despatch police said acting upon a specific input that the Lashker-e- Mustafa (Parent Organization Jai,sh- e- Mohammad) are contemplating an attack in Anantnag/ Bijbehara towns, joint multiple Nakas/MVCP were established by Army 3RR and Anantnag Police and meanwhile at one of the MVCP established at Donipora Bijbehera and an Alto car K-10 bearing registration No. HP12C 0981 approached the Naka and it was signaled to stop and two persons boarding said car tried to escape but were apprehended tactfully.
On questioning they were identified as two freshly recruited militants namely Imran Ahmed Hajam son of Gh Nabi Hajam of Nathpora Khanabal and Irfan Ahmed Ahanger son of Mohd Altaf of Nandpora Khanabal and from their possession two Pistols along with three magazines and 116 rounds were recovered.
During questioning they confessed that they have joined LeM outfit recently and divulged that LeM was recently floated to give an impression that militancy in Kashmir is indigenous and not sponsored by Pakistan, they further revealed they are close associates of Hidayat Malik @Hasnain R/o Sharafpora Shopian self styled chief of LeM, Umer @ Wahid Khan R/o Shopian and Aftab @Ali Bhai R/o Dachipora, and they were carrying racee of the area to plant an IED in order to target security forces/Police , later on multiple raids were conducted at various locations and (4) OGW’s namely,1.Bilal Ahmed Kumar S/o Mohd Abdullah R/o Haff Shopian 2. Tawfeeq Ahmed Lawey S/o Manzor Ahmed R/o Pushwara Anantnag 3. Muzamil Ahmed Wani S/o Mohammed Amin Wani R/o Muniward Anantnag and 4. Aadil Ahmed Rather S/o Abdul Khaliq R/o Khandipari Harnag, affiliated with proscribed Militant outfit JEM were arrested and following ammunition has been recovered from these OGW’s.
Grenade =02 No, Explosive material =01 kg and AK 47 30 Rds.
In this regard case under relevant sections of law has been registered in Police Station Bijbehara and investigation taken up the statement further reads.
