SRINAGAR, Feb 28:In the Sopore subdistrict of Jammu and Kashmir, security personnel detained a terrorist associate, according to police on Wednesday. The terrorist member of Lashkar-e-Taiba was apprehended in the nearby Baramulla area the day before to the current arrest. According to the police, “Sopore Police, in conjunction with the Army’s 22 Rashtriya Rifles and 179 battalion CRPF, apprehended terrorist associate Arif Hussain Bhat of Mundji Bomai Sopore upon receiving information. Bhat was in constant contact with terrorist handlers across the border.”According to authorities, “a live hand grenade was recovered based on the subject’s disclosure during questioning, wherein he admitted his terrorist links.” As a result, Police Station Bomai opened a case under pertinent UA (P)A sections, and an investigation has been started. By averting a potentially serious terrorist attack in Sopore, the police said that this operation further demonstrated the ongoing efforts of the Sopore Police against anti-national groups.
