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05 Lashkar Militant Associates Arrested In Sopore,Incriminating Material Seized: Police

WARIS FAYAZ

Sopore, Jan 09 : Sopore Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested five militant associates in Sopore area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

An official said the arrested associates were involved in providing shelter, support, logistics as well as in transporting of arms/ ammunition of the militants within the Police District Sopore.

He identified the arrested associates as Khursheed Ahmad Lone S/O Abdul Rehman Lone R/O Nowpora Jagir Kreeri Baramulla, Bashir Ahmad Zargar S/O Ghulam-ud-din Zargar R/O Behrampora, Rafiabad, Javid Ahmad Pandith S/O Nazir Ahmad Pandith R/O Dangerpora, Sopore, Waseem Ahmad Lone S/O Ghulam Rasool Lone R/O Botingoo, Sopore & Arif Ahmad Khanday S/O Shams-ud-din Khanday R/O Zaloora, Sopore

In a statement issued by Sopore Police, it reads, While acting on a specific human/technical inputs, Sopore Police/ Security forces arrested five OGW’s of LeT outfit with incriminating materials.

Identification of the arrested militant associates as Khursheed Ahmad Lone S/O Abdul Rehman Lone R/O Nowpora Jagir Kreeri Baramulla, Bashir Ahmad Zargar S/O Ghulam-ud-din Zargar R/O Behrampora, Rafiabad, Javid Ahmad Pandith S/O Nazir Ahmad Pandith R/O Dangerpora, Sopore, Waseem Ahmad Lone S/O Ghulam Rasool Lone R/O Botingoo, Sopore & Arif Ahmad Khanday S/O Shams-ud-din Khanday R/O Zaloora, Sopore.

The statement further reads that they were involved in providing of logistics and other assistance/ transportation to the LeT terrorists and were also in constant contact with the active terrorists of the outfit to carry out subversive activities within the jurisdiction of Police District Sopore.

The arrested OGWs Khursheed Ahmad Lone S/O Abdul Rehman Lone R/O Nowpora Jagir Kreeri Baramulla has been arrested in Case FIR No. 122/2020 of PS Tarzoo, Bashir Ahmad Zargar S/O Ghulam-ud-din Zargar R/O Behrampora, Rafiabad arrested in Case FIR No. 154/2020of PS Dangiwacha, Javid Ahmad Pandith S/O Nazir Ahmad Pandith R/O Dangerpora, Sopore & Waseem Ahmad Lone S/O Ghulam Rasool Lone R/O Botingoo, Sopore arrested in Case FIR No. 360/2020 of PS Sopore while as OGW Arif Ahmad Khanday S/O Shams-ud-din Khanday R/O Zaloora, Sopore arrested in Case FIR No. 84/2020 of PS Bomai and investigation of these cases are going on, reads the statement.