Srinagar: Police on Sunday said that it has arrested an active militant of proscribed LeT outfit from Anantnag along with a pistol.
“During surprise naka checking, movement of a suspicious person was noticed, who was apprehended tactfully by the police party,” police spokesperson said in a statement.
He identified the arrested person as Shahid Thoker, son of Mohammad Iqbal Thoker, resident of Nossipora Keegam Shopian.
“Incriminating materials and a pistol was recovered from his possession,” police said.
As per police records, Thoker is a “categorized terrorist as he had recently joined the terror folds of proscribed terror outfit LeT,” police spokesperson said, adding a case under relevant sections of law has been registered and further investigation into the matter is in progress.
