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LeT militant associate held in north Kashmir, says police

Armed forces personnel patrol in Kashmir. [FPK File Photo/ Zainab]

Srinagar: Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant associate in central Kashmir’s Budgam district.

In a statement, the police said that during the course of investigation of recent case FIR No 116/2022 of Police Station Chadoora pertaining to busting of Naro militancy militant funding module, one more militant associate namely Showkat Ahmed Ganie @ RK son of Late Mohammad Kamal Ganie resident of Shiekhpora Wathoora Chadoora has been arrested in the said case.

The statement further stated that during the investigation of the said case it came to the fore that the arrested militant associate was involved in providing logistic support to militant outfit LeT by distributing proceeds of narcotics to active militants and militancy operatives of the outfit. Further investigation into the said case is going on, the statement ends.

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