Srinagar, Feb 22 (IANS) A terrorist affiliated with proscribed terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen, who was active in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla and Sopore areas, has been arrested, police said on Saturday.
Acting on credible inputs, the police and security forces put up a check-point near Tapper Pattan and intercepted Junaid Farooq Pandit, a resident of Hamray Pattan.
“Incriminating material, including arms and ammunition, were recovered from him. The police will probe his complicity in other terror crimes,” police said.
According to the police records, he is an active terrorist affiliated with Hizbul Mujahideen.
“A case under relevant sections of law has been registered at Pattan police station.
–IANS
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