Three Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists, involved in an attack on a police post in Srinagar on Friday, have been arrested, police said on Sunday, 28 April.
“We have arrested three persons so far in connection with the Chanapora attack case,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Srinagar, Haseeb Mughal, told reporters.
The SSP identified the arrested terrorists as Mushtaq, Junaid and Lateef.
Mughal said the three belonged to JeM and were involved in the attack on the Chanapora police post in which a sentry was injured.
They had also made a failed attempt to snatch his rifle.
“We collected the digital evidence and strengthened the intelligence grid after the attack. We focussed on the suspects already on our radar. We picked them up, questioned them and during questioning, one of them confessed and gave us further details about the group.”SSP Haseeb Mughal
Giving details of the attack, the SSP said the three came to Chanapora on a motorcycle, but left it some distance away from the police post.
The SSP added that the injured sentry is undergoing treatment at SKIMS Hospital at Soura.
The senior police official also pointed out that the terrorists tried to snatch the rifle of the injured sentry, but had to leave it because the gun was clamped with a chain to his belt.
In the meantime, the other policemen fired and they fled from the spot, he said.
He said the police have recovered a Chinese pistol, two magazines and six live rounds from them.
The motorcycle has also been recovered, he said, adding further investigation in the case was underway.
Mughal said Mushtaq, a postgraduate from Kashmir University (KU), was in touch with a JeM member named Sameer from Pulwama district of south Kashmir, and has been associated with the group for about a year.
"Sameer and Mushtaq were classmates in KU. It was on Sameer's direction that they tried to loot weapons in Srinagar,” he said.
Junaid, the SSP said, was involved in a number of stone-pelting cases, while Lateef is an overground worker of the militants and helped them with logistics.
He said the three were arrested from different places in Budgam district in central Kashmir.
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