Srinagar: Police in Baramulla have arrested eight “miscreants” for “disturbing law and order at Nowshera Boniyar to aid a notorious drug smuggler who was booked under PIT-NDPS Act”.
Police said on March 29, “some miscreants of village Nowshera Boniyar blocked national highway at Nowshera for about 2 hours and disturbed law and order to aid a drug smuggler — Tauqeer Ahmad Magray, son of Bashir Ahmad Magray of Nowshera Baramulla who was detained under PIT NDPS Act and lodged in Central Jail Kot Balwal Jammu.”
A case under relevant sections of law was registered in Police Station Boniyar, and police after identifying “these miscreants” arrested all of them, a police spokesman said.
Those arrested were identified as Riyaz Ahmad, son of Mohammad Mukhtar Mir; Mashood Yasin Mir, son of Mohammad Yasin Mir; Ghulam Rasool Sofi, son of Abdul Gafoor Sofi; Showkat Ahmad, son of Abdul Gaffar; Tasleem Ahmad, son of Ali Mohammad; Parvez Ahmad, son of Abdul Aziz; Manzoor Ahmad, son of Ali Mohamad; and Abdul Majeed Naikoo, son of Abdul Rehman, all residents of Village Nowshera. They have been shifted to a police station where they remain in custody, spokesman said.
