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Says achieved major success by arresting top Let, Jaish commanders
Srinagar Feb 14 (PTK) ;The Jammu and Kashmir police on Sunday claimed to have arrested two chief commanders of two separate militant outfits including The Resistance Front (TRF) and Lashkar-e-Mustafa in the past few days across the UT.
While addressing a press conference in Jammu, the director general of police, Jammu and Kashmir, Dilbag Singh said that police carried out two major successful operations and arrested two chief commanders of TRF and Lashkar-e Mustafa.
He said that to give a local name to a militant outfit, Lashkar-e-Toiba created an outfit by the The Resistance Front while Jaish-e-Mohammad created Lashkar-e-Mustafa to carry out militant activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that conspiracy to target vital installations of Jammu foiled. SOG Jammu arrested one Al Badr associate in Jammu, averts major tragedy on the eve of Pulwama attack anniversary. Another associate also held from Srinagar and Chandigarh.
He said that in a major successful operation, Special Operations Group(SOG) of Jammu Police, has arrested one operative of listed outfit, Al-Badr, with IED weighing around 7 Kgs, from B. C. Road Jammu and averted major tragedy on eve of Pulwama attack anniversary which falls on 14 February.
The accused has been identified as Suhail Bashir Shah s/o Bashir Ahmad Shah R/o Newa Pulwama who was tasked to carry a major terror strike in Winter Capital by his handlers from across border, he said.
As part of plot, Shah had reached Jammu from Chandigarh and was planning to carry out i attack on 14 February at the behest of Pakistani handler,he said adding that after carrying out IED blast he was supposed to reach Srinagar and join the terror organization Al Badr as active member.
The operative was in touch with their handler from across and his other associates through whatsapp and two other suspicious app, he said.
FIR No 05/2021 U/S 18/23/38 UUA 3/4 ESA & 120.B has been registered in Police Station Bus Stand and investigation taken up.
Upon further investigation and his disclosure one more of his associates namely Ather Shakeel Khan @Ubaid ullah R/O Newa, Pulwama, Abid Nabi @ Sehran from Budgam has Also been arrested from Srinagar and Qazi Wasim @ Qazi apprehended at Chandigarh, he sahd.
The arrested person also received some money from the handler for the executation of task, he said.
Police is developing more information about the conspiracy and his other associates.
He said that TRF is being run by Lashkar-e-Toiba while the militant outfit Lashkar-e-Mustafa is being run by Jaish-e-Mohammad from across to border to carry out militant activities not only in Jammu and Kashmir but in some other parts of the country including Delhi. “Lashkar-e-Mustafa came into being recently in August last year.”
Singh said that the chief commander of Lashkar-e-Mustafa, Hidayatullah Malik who was leading this outfit and was active from the last few months, was arrested by the police. He said that Hidayatullah was working as and OGW for a long time and later became active to carry out militant activities sponsored by Jaish-e-Mohammad.
He said this was a major success for the security forces and there has been major revelations by the Hidayatullah during interrogation.
He further said that in another major success one more chief commander of another militant out TRF being run by Lashkar-e-Toiba, Zahoor Rather alias Sahil and Khalid was also arrested. Singh said that Zahoor was arrested during an operation on the intervening night of 12 and 13 February. “Zahoor was active for a long time and was a trained militant. He was leading TRF. He was also working as an OGW. In 2002 he was working with Hizbul Mujahideen,” he said.
Singh said that Zahoor remained active for 5 years and later surrendered in 2006 and he again became active in 2009 and in 2009 his handlers sitting in Pakistan knew his potential.
He said that Zahoor was handed over the responsibility of running TRF in Jammu and Kashmir and he was involved in killing 3 BJP leaders in Kulgam last year.
Singh said that intensive questioning of Zahoor Ahmad is going on and it is expected that some more breakthroughs will take place trough Zahoor. Singh while complementing the Jammu and Samba police said that a major tragedy was also averted today by arresting an associate of Al-Badr militant outfit and recovered IED from his possession.
“I congratulate the police officials who led this operation and arrested the Al-Badr associate to avert major tragedy in Jammu region,” he said. (PTK)
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