Srinagar: A team of Kashmir Police today arrested a hybrid terrorist linked with Al-Badr in the Batamaloo area of the City of Srinagar, a police spokesman said in a statement issued here.
He said that incriminating materials alongwith arms & ammunition have been recovered from his possession.
“Acting on specific intelligence, a small team of Srinagar Police arrested a hybrid terrorist linked with proscribed terrorist outfit Al-Badr identified as Arfat Yusuf son of Mohd Yusuf Khan resident of Rajpora Pulwama from Batamaloo area of Srinagar. Incriminating materials alongwith arms & ammunition including a Pistol, 20 live rounds, 02 magazines have been recovered from his possession. Preliminary investigation reveals that he has been involved in terror-related activities in South Kashmir Range and had come to Srinagar with the nefarious designs & was arrested before he could execute any terror attack,” police said.
Pertinent to mention here that he was involved in throwing grenades twice at security forces, the first time on a CRPF Vehicle in Rajpora and on second time threw at CRPF/RR Camp at Hawal, Rajpora Pulwama (FIR number 61/22 dated 14/08/2022 already registered). Besides throwing grenades he was involved in pasting posters on 26/03/2023 and 10/03/2023 of Lone wolf warrior. Several terror crime cases have already been registered against him, police said.
Police said that a case under FIR number 94/2023 under sections 13, 23 of the ULAP Act and 7/25 of IA Act stands registered at Police Station Batamaloo.
