Kashmir

Jaish module busted in Pulwama, three associates arrested: Police

SRINAGAR — Police on Friday claimed to have busted a module of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant out fit and arrested its three associates in Pulwama district in South Kashmir.

Police spokesperson in a statement said, Police Pulwama alongwith 55 RR and 182/183 bn CRPF arrested three militant associates of militant outfit JeM.

He said that, the arrested associates as per police statement were identified as, Owais Altaf s/o Altaf Hussain Ganai r/o Jandwal, Aqib Manzoor s/o Manzoor Ahmad Mir r/o Gudoora, Waseem Ahmad Pandit s/o Gh Mohammad Pandith r/o Karimabad Pulwama.

The trio were working for JeM outfit and where providing logistic and transportations to militants in the district, 01 AK rifle 03 magzines, 69 AK rounds and 01 grenade was recovered on their disclosure, the statement added.

Moreover, case FIR no. 77/2022 registered in Police station Pulwama under relevant sections of law and further investigation taken up, the statement ends.