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Mother of killed militant arrested in raid, Police says she was helping militants, booked under UAPA

Srinagar: The family of Tawseef Ahmed Sheikh, a killed Militant of Hizb ul Mujahideen has said that the mother of the slain Militant has been arrested from her residence in Rampora area of Redwani in South Kashmir’s Kulgam District.

The family member said that Naseema Akhtar wife of Abdul Salam Sheikh was arrested during a raid at her house in the Rampora area in Kulgam district on 20th June afternoon.

She was detained by the Police during a cordon and search operation, he said, adding, “the Police were looking for her daughter too.”

The police has said that Naseema Banoo W/O Ab Salam Sheikh R/O Rampora Qaimoh was arrested on 20th June 2020 in a criminal case with FIR no 30 of 2018 registered under sections 13B, 17, 18, 18B, 19, 39 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).

As per the police, the arrest was done in compliance of provisions of law and she has been under legally sanctioned custody in women police station Anantnag ever since her arrest.

“The arrested person is involved in a serious criminal case. The photo of the arrested woman in which she is toting an automatic weapon and posing next to her son who was an active terrorist at the time speaks it all. The photo is just the beginning of her criminal involvements. She is involved in much more serious offences and her role has surfaced in recruiting atleast 2 youth into terrorist ranks, arranging arms ammunition, communication and logistics for terrorists and terror organisations.” the police said.

“Just because she happens to be a woman or the mother of a killed terrorist does not make her immune to arrest,” the police has said.

The Police also claimed that many ‘social media posts’ have been generated and shared which have twisted the facts of the matter in order to cause disturbance of peace and tranquillity adding that, the Police has taken cognisance of the matter and anyone trying to instigate others through whatsoever means will be prosecuted against.

Tawseef Ahmed Sheikh was killed in the same encounter in which Professor Mohammed Rafi Bhat was killed on May 06, 2018.

 

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