Srinagar: Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested an associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit tasked to target non-local labourers in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
A joint party of police and Army’s 44 RR and 183 Bn of CRPF arrested an associate of LeT outfit at a checkpoint at Khamri Chowk, Pulwama, police said while identifying the arrested person as Zubair Ahmad Dar, a resident of Arigam, Pulwama.
”One hand-grenade has been recovered from his possession,” a police spokesman said.
The police spokesman further stated that the arrested person was working as “an associate of terror outfit LeT and was tasked to carry out attacks on security forces and non-local laborers in the area”.
Accordingly, a case vide FIR No. 314/2022 under relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Pulwama and investigation has been initiated.
