A foreign terrorist lodged in Kot Bhalwal central jail was killed while a jawan of the Jammu and Kashmir police received injuries during a weapon snatching bid along the International border in Arnia sector of Jammu on Wednesday.
The slain foreign terrorist belonging to the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba has been identified as Mohd Ali Hussain alias Qasim alias Jehangir R/O Pakistan.
Additional Director General of Police, Jammu Mukesh Singh said, the name of Pakistan based LeT Commander Mohd Ali Hussain had surfaced in the weapon dropping case via drones in the Arnia sector of Jammu frontier.Official sources claimed the LeT Commander was instrumental in running the terror network from inside the central jail in Jammu.
Singh said, Case FIR no. 12/2022 dated 24.02.2022 PS Arnia, (case of drone dropping from Pakistan and subsequent recoveries of Arms and Ammunitions) was lodged. On Wednesday the LeT Commander was produced before the Court and subsequently police remand was taken. During sustained questioning the accused admitted his role in the Arnia Weapon Drop case and also disclosed 2 locations where the arms and ammunition dropped by drone had been buried/concealed.