J&K police arrest militant group in South Kashmir
According to police on specific intelligence input on March 21, Hizbul Mujahideen has constituted a module and tasked it to carry out attacks on government forces and disrupt election process.
“Our police team successfully busted a module which by arresting seven members of Hizbul Mujahideen along with mastermind,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kulgam, Shridhar Patil told reporters on Monday.
He said that accordingly the police registered a case and arrested module’s king pin namely Zubair Ahmad Badar from Nai Basti locality of Qaimoh after his name came to fore during probe.
“During his questioning, we came to know about his associates and among them till now six have been arrested and we expect more arrests,” Patil said and claimed that the aim of the module was to target government forces including senior cops and kill them ahead of elections.
The SSP said a pistol, three bullets and two AK-47 magazines were recovered from busted modules possession.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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