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Arms for militants in South of Kashmir come from Kupwara: Police, say, ‘two each of militants and OGWs arrested’

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Srinagar:  J&K Police on Monday claimed that a module of Hizb ul Mujahideen (HM) militant outfit was busted by their cops and Indian army men in Kupwara district.

J&K Police spokesperson said that an HM module was busted after it arrested two ‘militants’ in Handwara and two ‘OGWs’ in Awantipora.

OGW is referred to as Over Ground Worker of militants.

“On a specific information regarding movement of militants, a joint Naka of Handwara police and 21-RR was laid at Chogal, Handwara during which two persons identified as Mehraj ud din, son of Gulzar Ahmad Bhat and Obaid Shafi Malla, son of Mohammad Shafi, who are residents of Awantipora were caught while moving in suspicious circumstances,” the JKP spokesperson said in a statement this afternoon.

“The duo was asked to stop but they started running away. The Naka party immediately swung into action and caught hold of them. On their checking a huge cache of arms and Ammunition was recovered,” the statement informed.

“During the investigation, they revealed that they had come to Handwara for receiving ammunition and other war like stores for their militant outfit in South (of) Kashmir,” the police claimed.

The statement said that cyber surveillance unit of JK police also tracked their social media network accounts and found some “incriminating” material.

“They were misusing web-chats to hatch and execute terrorist conspiracies,” the statement added.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that these militants were members of an HM militant module who would not only recruit youth into militancy by radicalizing them over social media but also coordinated their training and arranged arms/ammunition,” the police said.

It added, “on the disclosure of these two militants, two more members of the module working as OGWs were arrested from Awantipora. They were identified as Shahid Ahmad Thoker and Irfan Ahmad. Both (are) residents of Awantipora.” “Further investigation into the matter is going on.”

Meanwhile, the police spokesperson said that a man committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance in Anantnag.

Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, son of Mohammad Munawar Bhat, a resident of Dirhama, Anantnag consumed some poisonous substance at his home.

He was shifted to SMHS hospital Srinagar where doctors declared him brought dead.

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