Baramulla: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a militant affiliated with Lashkar-i-Taiba outfit in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
In a statement, the police said that based on reliable input regarding the movement of militant in Kreeri area, joint parties of Police and Army 29 RR established naka at Kreeri.
The police spokesman further stated that during naka checking one hybrid militant of LeT outfit was apprehended along with arms and ammunitions.
Incriminating materials have also been recovered from the Hybrid militant who was identified as Mohd Iqbal Bhat son of Gulzar Ahmad Bhat resident of Tilgam Payeen.
The details of arms/ ammunition recovered from the militant are as Pistol-1No, Pistol Magazine- 1No, Pistol Ammunition- 7 rounds, he said.
“The militant has been actively involved in providing logistics support for militant activities and was in touch with Pakistani militant Saifullah and Abu Zarar. The successful apprehension of the Hybrid militant has evaded major militant plots and busted the module responsible for various recent attacks on PRI members and non-locals in addition the militant was actively involved in providing chemicals and other materials for carrying out an IED attack on the highway between Narbal and Renji”.
“Interrogation of the apprehended militant is likely to give further inputs for future counter-militancy operations”, the statement added.
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