Arms-drop suspect dies during Friday prayers in jail

JAMMU: A man arrested by the NIA for his suspected role in trafficking weapons and explosives through drones flying in from across the international border in Jammu died Friday of a cardiac arrest while offering namaz in jail.
Muni Muhammad, arrested on August 10, was part of a prayer gathering at Kotbhalwal Jail when he collapsed, officials said. He was declared dead on arrival at Jammu's Government Medical College. The deceased, a resident of Marheen in Kathua district, was being investigated by the NIA in a May 29 arms-drop case.
Besides Muni, the agency had arrested a surrendered terrorist identified as Faisal Muneer and six others — Haji Sheru, Mujahid Hussain Sheikh, Habib, Habibullah, Mian Sohail and Atia Mehnaz — during simultaneous raids on various locations in Kathua, Jammu, Samba, Doda and Srinagar.