Digital Desk: According
to eye witnesses, five alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were detained
on Thursday in the Jammu and Kashmir cities of Srinagar and Sopore along with a
cache of weapons.
Two of them, who were
apprehended in Srinagar, were reportedly primarily involved in providing
logistical support and assisting the terror organisation in moving terrorists,
weapons, and ammunition. The other three were unclassified terrorists who were
searching for a chance to carry out a terror strike when they were captured in
Sopore.
The police and
Rashtriya Rifles forces in Srinagar set up special checkpoints in the Sanat
Nagar Chowk-Rangreth road area where the first batch of arrests were made.
During checking with a gun, one terrorist who was categorized by security
agencies as a 'hybrid terrorist' was apprehended.
'Hybrid terrorists' are
individuals who are not on the security forces' list and are only seldom used
by terrorist organisations to carry out operations.
According to a police
spokeswoman, an operation was initiated in the Pampore area based on the
information he supplied, and one more hybrid terrorist was captured with three
pistols.
Naveed Shafi Wani of
Shar Shali Khrew Pampore and Faizan Rashid Teli of Kadlabal Pampore were the
two people who the police had identified. The spokesperson claimed that the two
had previously assisted the terrorists of the outlawed terrorist group LeT with
logistics support and the shipment of terrorists, weapons, and explosives.
Six handgun magazines,
ammunition, a grenade, gelatin sticks, wiring, and eight detonators, according
to the police, were also found with them.
In Sopore, authorities
reported that three people who attempted to flee the scene were intercepted by
a security check point set up by the police, Rashtriya Rifles, and CRPF at
Takyabal Krankshivan.
The spokesperson
stated that during the search, "1 AK 47 rifle, 2 handguns, 2 magazines, 10
pistol rounds, and 1 hand grenade were recovered from their possession."
The three were identified by the police as Rahid Mushtaq, Amir Shafqat Mir, and Tahir Nisar Sheikh, all inhabitants of Amargarh and Baag-e-Rehmat, respectively.
The trio were "uncategorised terrorists of proscribed terror organisation LeT," according to the preliminary inquiry, and they were "constantly looking for an opportunity to carry out terror activities in the area," the spokesman said.
