Srinagar: Security forces on Saturday arrested an associate of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said.
“Acting on information about movement of terrorists in Nagbal village in the north Kashmir district’s Chandoosa area, the security forces placed a mobile vehicle checkpoint (MVCP) at the Shranz Crossing Nagbal,” a police spokesman said.
He said a person, who was coming from Shranz towards Nagbal, tried to flee after seeing security personnel, but was apprehended tactfully.
The spokesman said a grenade was seized from him and he was taken into custody immediately.
The arrested person has been identified as Mohammad Ashraf Mir, son of Mohammad Shafi Mir, a resident of Laridoora Chandoosa, who was working as a “terrorist associate of the LeT”, he said.
The spokesman said Mir is a “surrendered terrorist”. A case under the Arms Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act was registered and investigation taken up, he said.
