SRINAGAR: Police on Thursday busted a
Hizbul Mujahideen module by arresting two members of the terrorist outfit, including a
Border Security Force (BSF) man, from north Kashmir’s frontier
Kupwara district.
A police official said two Hizb activists were arrested by the J&K police’s Special Operations Group and Army’s 28
Rashtriya Rifles during a raid at Lolab on Wednesday night. Those arrested were identified as Shakir Ahmad Wani and Ghulam Mustafa Sheikh, both residents of Tekipora in Lolab.
The official said Shakir Wani, a BSF man posted outside the state, had been on leave when he and his associate were arrested by the SOG and RR team.
Meanwhile, a police statement issued here said that the
Kupwara police, acting on specific inputs, busted a module of overground workers of the Hizbul Mujahideen operating in Lolab area of Kupwara.
The two, Shakir Wani and Ghulam Mustafa Sheikh, were detained in this regard for questioning, police said, adding, “After sustained questioning, a pistol was recovered on their disclosure.”
The module was engaged in providing logistical support to militants apart from luring more youth onto the path of militancy,” the statement said.
A case, FIR No. 77 of 2018 under Sections 7 and 25 of the Arms Act, and under UAPA, was registered at Sogam police station in this regard. Further investigation of the module is in progress, the statement added.
