Fayaz Bukhari
Srinagar, Dec 28: In a major success to the security forces in North Kashmir, four militants including a Pakistani were arrested from Pattan area of Baramulla district today.
A special team of Jammu and Kashmir Police and 2-Rashtriya Rifles (RR) of Army intercepted a car at Chichloora, Kunzar area today and arrested four persons along with one AK-47 rifle, three magazines and a grenade.
The vehicle in which they were travelling has been seized. The arrested militants have been identified as Jammel Ahmad Bhat, 20, son of Ghulam Mohidin and Amir Ahmad Bhat, 18, son of Khazir Bhat and Mohammad Yaseen Bhat of Pattan.
The fourth person is a Pakistani militant and he has been identified as Sajid. They are being questioned and police is expecting more leads from them. A police official said that the local militants were recently recruited.
In the meantime, security forces today cordoned off Noorpor village in Tral area of Pulwama district and conducted searches following inputs about the presence of militants in the village.
Noorpora is native village of Ansar Ghazwatul Hind chief Zakir Musa. The searches were launched by a joint team of Jammu and Kashmir police, Army’s 42 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 180 battalion.
The operation was later called off as during house to house searches no militants were found in the village.
And clashes erupted in Pinjura village of Shopian district in South Kashmir today after the security forces launched a cordon-and-search-operation.
A joint team of 44 RR, SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police and 14 battalion of CRPF cordoned off the village after inputs about presence of two militants in the village. However, during the operation protests broke out and protesters pelted stones on the security forces leading to clashes. Security forces fired tear gas to disperse the protesters. The operation was later called off.
Security forces today cordoned off Wani Mohalla in Keller area of Shopian district after reports about presence of top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sameer Tiger in the village. They conducted house to house searches in the village but the operation was later called off after no militant was found there.
Security forces today conducted searches at Dougam Kakapora in district Pulwama after suspicious movement in near PHE’s Water Tank. However, nothing was found there.
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