Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 9: Police arrested a hybrid militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district today.
A police spokesman said that based on reliable input regarding movement of militant in Kreeri area, joint parties of Police and Army 29 RR established naka at Kreeri.
He stated that during naka checking one hybrid militant of LeT outfit was apprehended by police along with arms and ammunitions. “Incriminating materials have also been recovered from the hybrid militant who was later identified as Mohammad Iqbal Bhat son of Gulzar Ahmad Bhat resident of Tilgam Payeen,” he said.
One pistol, one pistol magazine and seven rounds of Pistol ammunition were recovered from him.
The spokesman said that 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 National Highway between Narbal and Renji. Interrogation of the apprehended militant is likely to give further inputs for future counter militancy operations,” read the statement.
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