SRINAGAR: Security forces today arrested a Pakistani militant, who had managed to escape an anti-militancy operation recently, from Kupwara district, police said.
Pursuing credible leads, security forces had launched a cordon and search operation in Juggiyal village of Hyhama area in Kupwara today, a police official said.
He said during the operation, security forces zeroed in on a house where the terrorist was hiding. The forces strategically trapped the terrorist and arrested him from the spot, he added.
“He has been identified as Zabiullah, son of Sannaullah Saqib, a resident of Multan in Pakistan. He is affiliated to outlawed terror organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba and had recently infiltrated into India,” the official said. (AGENCIES)
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