Srinagar: An over-ground worker (OGW) has been arrested in connection with the attack on a non-local driver in the Shopian district of south Kashmir last month, police said on Friday.
“With a significant development in the investigation of the Padpawan attack case at Danish Resorts, security forces have made a noteworthy breakthrough,” a police official said.
He said the security forces arrested an OGW in the Chotipora area of the south Kashmir district and seized six AK-47 rounds and two cell phones.
Investigations are going on in the case and more arrests are expected, the official said.
The taxi driver, identified as Dilranjeet Singh from Uttarakhand, was shot at and injured by suspected terrorists.
Hideout busted in Bandipora
Security forces busted a “terrorist hideout” in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district and recovered arms and ammunition, police said on Friday.
“In a joint operation, Indian Army-13 RR, Bandipora police and 3rd BN CRPF busted a terrorist hideout in Changali forest Aragam (in the north Kashmir district),” Bandipora police said in a post on X.
The police said arms and ammunition, including two AK series rifles and four magazines, and other material was recovered from the hideout.
A case has been registered under the relevant section of law, they added.
