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LeT militant Omar Khaliq arrested from Sopore district, huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered

Omar Khaliq Belongs From Tujjar Sector,and He Has Allegedly Been Trained In Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Apoorva Nawaz | Updated on: 04 Nov 2016, 01:38:09 PM
J&K Police arrests LeT militant Omar Khaliq from Sopore district

Kashmir:

Jammu and Kashmir police has arrested Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Omar Khaliq from Sopore district of J&K on Thursday.

Omar Khaliq belongs from Tujjar sector,and he has allegedly been trained in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

The polive have recovered huge cache of arms and ammunitions from him.

According to media reports, he was arrested during a joint operation carried out by the police and the 22nd regiment of the Rajputhana Rifles.
Kashmir is boiling since July over the killing of Hizbul Majahideen militant Burhan Wani. Last week, four people, including two militants, were arrested in north Kashmir’s Sopore for creating unrest in Kashmir.

According to a  senior police officer two militants — Gowhar Ahmed Bhat and Hilal Ahmed Gojri — residents of Baramulla and members of the organisation Tehreek-i-Jehad-i-Islami (TJI) based in Pakistan were arrested and that incriminating documents were found in their possession.

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First Published : 04 Nov 2016, 12:02:00 PM

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