Shah Basit/ Rayees Shah
The Jammu Kashmir Police in Ganderbal on Tuesday claimed to have busted a Militant module in Ganderbal district and arrested three youth.
An official told The Kashmiriyat that on a reliable information that a module comprising of three youth namely Arshid Ahmad Khan from Wayil wuder Gutlibagh, Majid Rasool Rather, a resident of Beehama Ganderbal and Mohd Asif Najar of Beehama Ganderbal have been arrested in connection with Militant links.
He said that the trio had come in contact with Pakistan based Kashmiri Militant Fayaz Khan, a resident of Chanhar Gutlibagh who has tasked them to take up Militant activities in the area.
The forces receiving this input launched a search operation during the intervening night of 14/15 September and all three local youth arrested and incriminating electronic gadgets recovered.
He said that during the sustained questioning the trio disclosed about possession of 3 Hand grenades which were eventually recovered on their instance.
“The module was instructed by their Pak handler to join militancy and undertake attacks on security forces in the area,” the official told The Kashmiriyat.
ln this back drop case FIR no. 199 of 2020 U/S 13,18 UAPA 1967 stands registered in PS Ganderbal.
SSP Ganderbal Shri Khalil Ahmad Poswal while deliberating on the module underscored the fact that gullible youth of valley are being pushed to terrorism by Militant operatives across the border through various social media platforms and parents remain unaware about such activities of their wards and said that police is taking all steps to identify and counsel such vulnerable youth.