Srinagar: Security forces apprehended a suspected “terror associate” in the Sopore area Baramulla district, officials said on Monday.
Police, army and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel set up a joint checkpoint at Machipora in the Bomai area of Sopore late on Sunday.
“During checking, a vehicle coming from Bomai towards Machipora was intercepted. The driver tried to flee but the alert party apprehended him,” the officials said.
The apprehended accused was identified as Waheed-ul-Zahoor, a resident of the district’s Rafiabad area, they said.
Two Turkiye-made pistols, three magazines, 41 rounds, a silencer, two China-made grenades and materials for making improvised explosive devices were seized from the vehicle, the officials said and added that a case had been registered.
