Rayees Shah
On Thursday, the Ganderbal Police claimed to have arrested a ‘Hybrid’ militant. The Ganderbal Police, in a statement issued to The Kashmiriyat, said that had established an MVCP near Khann observed an individual to have come suspiciously close to the MVCP.
The police claim in the statement that “the individual was challenged, who instead of complying with the signs and command, tried to flee. The individual was overpowered and apprehended on spot. The suspicious person was later identified as Arshad Ahmad Mir s/o Mohammad Subhan Mir R/o Sehpora, Ganderbal.”
The statement further says, “Subsequently, FIR No 211/21 U/S 13, 39 of ULA (P) ACT and 7/25 of Arms Act was registered in PS Ganderbal, and investigation set into motion.” During sustained questioning individual was found as a staunch militant associate of Lashkar-e-Toiba/TRF whose name had surfaced during earlier investigations, also.
Pertinent to mention that during preliminary investigation the individual has also been found involved in the recruitment of his own brother Lateef Ahmad Mir arrested in FIR 57/21 u/s 13, 39 ULA (P) Act & 7/25 Arms Act of Police Station Kheer Bhawani, the statement read.
Other individuals motivated and facilitated for recruitment by hybrid militant Arshad Ahmad Mir are being identified and further arrests/ recoveries are expected, the police statement concluded.