Two OGW held with grenade in Sopore
Sopore, 16 Nov (PTK) : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two Over-ground workers(OGW) of Lashkar-e-Toiba militant outfit along with a hand grenade in north Kashmir’s Sopore town.
According to a statement issued to Press trust of Kashmir (PTK) that reads joint parties of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Army’s 22 RR and 179 Bn CRPF arrested two militant associates along with a hand grenade upon establishing a NAKA at Shalimar colony crossing.
The arrested OGW’s were identified as Asif Rasheed War son of Abdul Rasheed War and Altaf Hussain Najar son of Abdul Ahad Najar both the residents of Natnoosa Kupwara.
On preliminary enquiry, they disclosed their intention to lob the acquired grenade at an undisclosed location in Kupwara with an intention to cause casualties, the statement reads.
Accordingly , a case FIR Number 275/2021 under relevant sections of law has been registered against them in Police Station Sopore and further investigation is going on and more arrests are anticipated, reads the statement.(PTK).
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