The Jammu and Kashmir Police and Indian Army claim to have busted a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) module in North Kashmir recently.
These arrests are seen as a great victory for the security forces in which two militants of HM were nabbed in Chogal, Handwara. In North Kashmir; the areas like Handwara, Kupwara and Sopore are seen as the terror hotbeds.
A J&K Police statement read, “on a specific information regarding movement of militants, a joint Naka of Handwara police and Indian Army’s 21-RR was laid at Chogal, Handwara during which two persons identified as Mehrajudin, son of Gulzar Ahmad Bhat and Obaid Shafi Malla’s son Mohammad Shafi, both residents of Awantipora were caught while moving in suspicious circumstances. The duo was asked to stop but they started running away.”
Despite the failed escape attempt of the duo, security forces soon caught hold of them. “The Naka party immediately swung into action and caught hold of them. On their checking a huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered.” the statement read.
During the investigation, the arrested OGWs revealed that they had come to Handwara for receiving ammunition and other war like stores for their militant outfit in South Kashmir.
The Cyber-surveillance unit of J&K police later tracked their social media accounts and found some incriminating materials. They used web-chats to hatch and execute terrorist conspiracies.
Preliminary investigation revealed that these militants were members of the module belonging to the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM). These OGWs would not only recruit youth into militancy by radicalizing them over social media but also coordinated their training and arranged arms/ammunition as well.
On the discloser of Mehrajudin and Obaid, two more members of the module working as OGWs were arrested from South Kashmir’s Awantipora area. They were identified as Shahid Ahmad Thoker and Irfan Ahmad, both residents of Awantipora.
The J&K Police said that the further investigation into the matter is going on.
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