REGIONAL

Non-Local labourer case: SIU conducts search in Shopian

By News Desk

November 12, 2023

The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) Shopian carried out a search in Rawalpora Shopian in connection with the case pertaining to the militant’s attack on non-local labourers at Gagren Shopian.

The search was carried out in the non-residential house of active militants Hanzal Yaqoob Shah son of Mohammad Yaqoob Shah linked with the proscribed militant outfit LeT for his involvement in case FIR No. 126/2023 under section 307 IPC, 7/27 IAA, 16, 18, 20, 23, 38, 39 UAP Act of P/S Shopian, a police spokesman said in a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO).

It is pertinent to mention here that on 13/07/2023, militants equipped with illicit weapons aimed at 03 non-local-labourers and left them injured at Gagren Shopian, police said.

The search was conducted as per procedure and law. The search was carried out in a bid to dismantle the militant ecosystem and to eradicate militancy-completely, the spokesman added—(KNO)