A joint team of the security forces on Wednesday busted a network of overground workers of a banned terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad ( JeM) by arresting their two associates along with a huge consignment of arms and ammunition near Jawahar tunnel on the 300 km long Jammu Srinagar National Highway.
According to a Jammu & Kashmir police spokesman, “during intervening night of 08/09 September Kulgam police alongwith other security agencies arrested two terrorist associates of banned organization JeM and recovered live arms and ammunition from their possession”.
The duo has been identified as Bilal Ahmad Kuttay S/O Ghulam Mohammad Kuttay R/O Chotapora Shopain and Shahnawaz Ahmad Mir S/O Zahoor Ahmad Mir R/O Mandujan, Shopian.
Addressing a press conference a senior police officer said, “preliminary investigations of these two OGWs clearly revealed they were involved in terror crimes and provided support to terror organisations”.
The police spokesman said, “based on a credible input regarding anti-national elements carrying illegal arms and ammunition with them moving in a vehicle towards Srinagar from Jammu, Kulgam police established a joint Naka with 9RR and CRPF near Jawahar tunnel Qazigund Kulgam”
He said a truck bearing registration no JK22B-1737 was intercepted by the joint forces. While searching the vehicle and during interrogation of suspects arms and ammunition including 01 AK rifle (short Butt)with 02 Magazines(rounds 59), 01 M4 Carbine with 03 Magazines(rounds 90), 06 Chinese Pistols with 12 Magazines (rounds 84) were recovered from the vehicle.
In this regard case with FIR No 255/2020 U/S 7/25 IA Act, 13,18,39 ULAP Act has been registered in Police Station Qazigund and further investigation into the matter has been taken up.