Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 6: A suspected militant was arrested today along with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), from his house in Doda district.
The arrest and recovery of the IED followed busting of a module run by local Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Mohammad Amin alias “Khubaib”, who is presently operating from Pakistan and making desperate attempts to revive militancy in Doda.
The militant arrested today has been identified as Irshad Ahmad son of Mohammad Yousuf, a resident of Dhandal Kastigarh.
He was arrested during a joint search operation by police, Army and CRPF in Dhandal area of Doda district.
Reports said the search operation, which was launched on specific information, also led to the recovery of an IED, a mobile phone and other incriminating material from the house of the arrested suspect.
A case under FIR No. 116/2022 and Sections 13/18/39 Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and 4/5 Explosive Substance Act has been registered at Doda police station.
Investigation of the case is going on and more arrests and recoveries are expected at the disclosure by Irshad.
On June 4, police worked out a case related to low-intensity IED explosion outside a court complex in Udhampur district with the arrest of LeT militant Mohammad Ramzan Sohil of Ramban and his two associates, Khurshed Ahmad and Nisar Ahmad Khan of Doda, who were working at the behest of Khubaib.
The blast on March 9 had left one person dead and 14 others injured.
“It is evident that Khubaib is making desperate attempts to revive militancy in Doda region (comprising Doda, Ramban and Kishtwar districts) by alluring local youths into militancy, and run terror modules for carrying out attacks in Jammu province,” sources said.
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