Aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, the police claimed to have arrested four overground workers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday. A module belonging to the proscribed militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba was busted, police said in a press release.
According to the statement, Bandipora police had received credible information about the module being operated by Lashkar-e-Taiba trying to hatch a conspiracy on the directions of their handlers and are seeking a chance to attack the Police and Security Forces and non-locals.
Acting on this information, Bandipora police launched a manhunt, and special Nakas were enacted at several places in the district.
As per the Bandipora Police, along with D-Coy 45 Bn Central Reserve Police Force and E-Coy of 13 RR, it established a joint naka at KaniporaNaidkhai Sumbal, it added.
During Naka checking, two persons, Mohammad Rafiq Khanday, a resident of KhandayMohallaWatalpora, Banyarai, and Mukhtar Ahmad, a resident of BunporaMohalla K Bala, were apprehended.
During the search, illegal arms and ammunition, including two Chinese hand grenades, one 7.62 MM Magazine, and 30 rounds of 7.62 mm, were recovered from their possession.
In this regard, a case was registered under relevant sections of UAPA in Police Station Sumbal, and further investigation has been started, it said.
During questioning, arrested individuals admitted to being the OGW of the banned terrorist outfit Let and were tasked to target police/SFS and non-locals in Ajas, Naidkhai Sumbal, and its adjacent areas, the statement added.
This has come at a time when the region witnessed one of the worst terror attacks in the last 25 years, in which 26 people were killed and 20 more were injured.
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