The Jammu & Kashmir police Thursday claimed to have cracked the case of recent terror attack on a wine shop in Dewan Bagh in Baramulla area by arresting four Lashkar-e-Tayyeba terrorists and their accomplice along with 5 pistols, 9 magazines, 205 rounds, 23 grenades, an IED & other incriminating material.
According to the police, “Two bike-borne terrorists including a burqa clad pillion rider had dropped a grenade inside newly-opened wine shop at Dewan Bagh Baramulla in which one employee Ranjit Singh, son of Kishan Lal resident of Bakra Rajouri of the said shop, got killed and other three employees were injured. A case with FIR number 84/2022 under relevant sections of law was registered and investigation was set into motion to nab the terrorists involved in this terror act.
“The arrested terrorists have been identified as Shahid Showkat Bala son of Showkat Ahmad Bala resident of Banglowbagh, Safeer Ahmad Mir, son of GH Nabi Mir resident of Mir Sahib Old Town, Mohd Maroof Soleh alias Adil, son of Nazir Ahmad Soleh resident of Kanlibagh, and Faisal Shaban Gojri son of Mohd Shaban Gojri resident of Chesti Colony, Baramulla, and terrorist associate has been identified as Hafif Ahmad Sofi son of Bilal Ahmad Sofi resident of Arampora, Baramulla”, said the Police.
According to a Police spokesman, the same group of terrorists were involved in various terrorist acts as was disclosed, which include last year’s grenade attacks in Baramulla town, various firing incidents in & around Baramulla, transportation of proscribed weapons and explosives etc.
Meanwhile, in Jammu General Officer Commanding, XVI Corps, Lieutenant General Manjinder Singh Thursday reviewed the security situation in the Jammu region ahead of the commencement of the annual Amarnath yatra next month. Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi had earlier toured forward areas in twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch to review the security situation and operational preparedness in the region.
“A security review meeting chaired by Lt Gen Singh was held at Nagrota. The meeting was attended by Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh and senior officials of various intelligence agencies operating in the region,” a defence spokesman said.
The meeting primarily focused on the prevailing security situation in the Jammu division, he said.
The security measures for the forthcoming Machail as well as Amarnath yatra were also discussed in detail to ensure streamlined coordination between intelligence and security agencies, the spokesman said.
The Amarnath yatra, scheduled to begin from June 30 to August 11, is taking place after a gap of two years.