Terrorists roping in students from Kashmir studying in Punjab to smuggle weapons: DGP | India News – Times of India

JAMMU: Terrorist outfits energetic in J&Okay have resorted to utilizing students from Kashmir primarily based in Punjab to smuggle weapons into the Valley, DGP Dilbag Singh mentioned on Sunday after a nursing scholar who had arrived in Jammu from Chandigarh was caught carrying a 7kg improvised explosive machine.
The police chief mentioned at a presser right here {that a} clutch of outfits had been procuring weapons from Bihar and selecting students from the Valley pursuing varied programs in Punjab to carry these to the Valley.
Singh lauded the police for not solely staying forward of the terrorists’ modus operandi but additionally finishing up a succession of profitable operations in opposition to them, together with the latest arrest of two self-styled commanders of totally different outfits.
“To give a local name to a terror outfit, Lashkar-e-Taiba created an offshoot — The Resistance Front (TRF). Similarly, Jaish-e-Mohammad created Lashkar-e-Mustafa (LeM) to carry out terror activities in J&K,” the DGP mentioned.
“The commander of Lashkar-e-Mustafa, Hidayatullah Malik, was an overground worker (OGW) for a long time before he plunged into terror activities backed by the Jaish-e-Mohammad. Malik was planning to set up a base in Jammu to carry out terror activities in the region, besides receiving arms and ammunition smuggled from Pakistan through underground tunnels or dropped by drones.”
Singh mentioned Malik’s interrogation revealed that he was a detailed affiliate of JeM commander Ashiq Nengroo, who used to obtain arms consignments from Pakistan in Jammu earlier than escaping throughout the border alongside along with his household by an underground tunnel.
“Since going to Pakistan, Nengroo, alias Doctor, has been directing terror activities in Kashmir at the behest of Pakistani agencies,” mentioned the DGP, including that Malik had visited Delhi on Nengroo’s orders. “That means JeM is planning attacks on targets in Delhi as well.”
The DGP termed Malik’s arrest a giant breakthrough for the police because it uncovered the terrorist outfit’s plan. “LeM chief Malik had also set up a network to get weapons from Bihar. He has sourced seven pistols from there till now and distributed these among his cadres.”