Bandipora : Police in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district claimed to have busted a militant recruitment module.
In a statement issued to Kashmir Despatch reads, Bandipora police acting on a specific lead, arrested one Asadullah Parray of Hajin, who was heading a recruitment cum terror module of Lashkar-e Toiba outfit.
The individual maintained a close contact with terrorist handlers across the border and would do their bidding in recruiting young boys in terrorist ranks and arranging weapons and other logistics for them.
The individual was earlier associated with JEI before shifting his allegiance to the Masarat Alam led Muslim League. The individual has about a dozen PSAs and FIRs lodged against him and spent a good part of the previous decade in custody.
In the current instance, the individual enlisted the help and was actively abetted in running the module by his nephew Naseer Ahmed Parray of Hajin, Haseena of Sheeri, Khursheed R/o Naidkhai and others.
The group was in continuous contact across the border and would receive detailed instructions for their day to day activities.
Apart from recruiting individuals and arranging arms and ammunition for them, the group was also involved in motivating youth to carry out petrol bombs on government buildings and protected persons and carrying out recce of potential targets.
A huge quantity of incendiary materials was recovered from them which was to be used for making Petrol Bombs.
On the disclosures made by the accused two individuals Rafeeq of Naidkhai and Hilal Ahmed Shah of Shah Mohalla Hajin ,who were about to join militant ranks at the instance of this group have been detained and are being questioned.
In this regard, further investigation is underway and more arrests are expected.
