In a major breakthrough, the Punjab Police has arrested an activist of Hizbul Mujahideen with a recovery of Indian currency worth Rs 29 lakh from his possession.
Disclosing, Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta on Sunday said that arrested activist of Hizbul Mujahideen was identified as Hilal Ahmed Wagay, resident of Nowgam falling in Avantipura Police Station of Pulwama district of Kashmir.
“Hilal was nabbed by the alert team of Amritsar Commissionerate Police, which was on patrol duty on mobike late evening on April 25 near metro mart in the city. A FIR, dated April 25, 2020, under sections 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20, 21 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (Amendment 2012) has been registered in Police Station Sadar, Amritsar City,” he said.
The DGP said that preliminary interrogation revealed that Hilal Ahmed had been sent by Riyaz Ahmed Naiku, a resident of Bijbehara, chief of Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir, to collect money from an unidentified person from near Metro Mart Amritsar in his truck bearing Jammu and Kashmir’s number.
“The money was delivered to him by unknown person, who came on a white Activa. The person accompanying him in the truck has been identified as Rayees Ahmed, who is also a resident of Bijbehara in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir,” said the DGP