Two terrorist links arrested
Srinagar, Sep 8: Jammu and Kashmir Police in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district arrested two terrorist associates linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT in Gudoora area and recovered incriminating materials from their possession, officials said on Friday. “Acting on specific intelligence input, an intensive search was conducted by Pulwama Police in the apple orchards of Gudoora Pulwama,” police said. “During search operation, two terrorist associates were apprehended tactfully.” They have been identified as Suhail Firdous, resident of Mahradpora Utterpora Puchal and Shahid Gul, resident of Wagum Pulwama. “From their possession incriminating materials were recovered. The investigation revealed that both the accused persons are terrorist associates of an active terrorist Aqib Sher Gojri linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT. “Preliminary investigation also reveals that arrested terrorist associates were in a conspiracy with terrorist Aqib Sher-Gojri to carry out terrorist attacks in Pulwama,” police said. (IANS)
3 shooters held by Punjab cops
Chandigarh, Sep 8: Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGFT) of Punjab Police in coordination with central agencies have arrested three absconding shooters working for gangster Sonu Khatri while they were trying to flee the country, a senior official said on Friday. Punjab’s Director General of Police, Gaurav Yadav posted on X said one person has been arrested from the Indo-Nepal border and two from Haryana’s Gurugram. “Preliminary investigations reveal that arrested accused used to commit sensational crimes in the state of Punjab on the directions of Sonu Khatri and after committing the crime took refuge in hideouts located in different parts of the country and Nepal,” he said. The DGP, in a statement, said the shooters have been identified as Sukhmanjot Singh alias Sukhman Brar, Jaskaran Singh alias Jassi Lodhipur and Jograj Singh alias Joga, all Jalandhar residents. Police teams have also recovered three foreign-made sophisticated pistols of .32 bore from their possession, he added. The three shooters were planning to prepare fake passports to escape to another country from Kathmandu, he said. (PTI)
