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Achabal attack: LeT module busted in Jammu and Kashmir, UP resident arrested

In A Major Breakthrough, The Jammu And Kashmir Police Has Busted A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Module And Has Arrested A Resident From Uttar Pradesh, A Senior Official Said On Monday.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Bindiya Bhatt | Updated on: 10 Jul 2017, 01:45:40 PM
Achabal attack: LeT module busted in JK, UP resident arrested (Pic: Twitter/ANI)

Srinagar:

In a major breakthrough, the Jammu and Kashmir Police has busted a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) module and has arrested a resident from Uttar Pradesh, a senior official said on Monday. The man was part of the LeT group responsible for killing an SHO and five other policeman in south Kashmir.

Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Munir Khan said, “We have busted a module involved in a series of sensational crimes, including terror crimes in south Kashmir.”

“Two individuals Sandeep Kumar Sharma alias Adil, a resident of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, and Muneeb Shah, a resident of Kulgam in south Kashmir were arrested. 

He said that during the police investigations into the looting of banks and ATMs, some new information on militancy in Kashmir has surfaced. It has been revealed in the investigations how LeT militants are using the criminals, who are involved in militancy, how they are plundering and looting the banks and ATMs and funding militant outfits as well as themselves, he said.

Sandeep was nabbed from the same house where LeT commander Bashir Lashkari was killed on July 1. His arrest led to Shah being caught.

We apprehended Sandeep during the encounter in which notorious militant Lashkari was eliminated. It raised the fingers of suspicion. We were surprised to see a non-local sitting in the same house where Lashkari was taking shelter, so we decided to go further.

The IGP said the probe revealed that Sandeep had come to the valley in 2012 and worked as a welder here in the summers. In the winters, he would go outside the alley, especially to Patiala.

While working in Punjab, he came in contact with one Shahid Ahmad, a resident of Kulgam, who was also working in Punjab. In January this year, he came to the valley and planned to loot ATMs and other robberies in south Kashmir.”

Four people—Sandeep, Muneeb Shah, Shahid Ahmad and Muzaffar Ahmad—stayed in a rented accommodation in Kulgam for carrying out criminal activities.

It was here that they met hardcore LeT terrorist Shakoor Ahmad, the IGP disclosed.

“That was the beginning of all these criminal activities. The militants utilized the services of Sandeep for looting ATMs and the booty was shared, he added.

According to police, Lashkari and his group were involved in the brutal killing of SHO Feroz Ahmad Dar and five other policemen in Achabal area of south Kashmir on June 16. 

(With inputs from PTI)

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First Published : 10 Jul 2017, 01:38:00 PM

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