The Jammu & Kashmir Police and Indian Army claim to have busted a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) module in North Kashmir. These arrests are seen as a huge victory for the security forces in which two militants of HM were nabbed in Chogal, Handwara. In North Kashmir; the areas like Handwara, Kupwara & Sopore are seen as the terror hotbeds.
A J&K Police statement in this regard 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 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 [Sic]."
Arms & Ammunition recovered
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.
Proactive Cyber sleuths nab two more terror supporters
The Cyber-surveillance unit of J&K police later tracked their social media accounts and found some incriminating material. They used web-chats to hatch and execute terrorist conspiracies.
Preliminary investigating revealed that these militants were members of the module belonging 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 & 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 resident of Awantipora. The J&K Police says that the further investigation into the matter is going on.
