STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: A Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militant was arrested from Sopore township of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday night.
“Umar Khaliq Mir, a local, was arrested from Tujjar area of Sopore after security forces launched a search operation following specific inputs,” DIG, North Kashmir, Uttam Chand told reporters here. He said Mir has been taken into custody and lodged at Sopore police station.
Mir, a 26 year-old boy of Tujjar, had been missing from May this year and had joined the LeT. “We make all out efforts to preserve human life and this is one such example. I am glad that my decision was right because at the end, motherhood prevailed over a boy who had been brainwashed to carry out innocent killings in the state,” DIG added.
After his surrender, he was handed over to the local police which arrested him.
The army’s Northern Command later tweeted: “#JKOps. Back to mainstream. One Local Terrorist of LeT tanzeem (outfit) surrenders (sic).” “Mir surrendered to the Army troops after being motivated for several hours through all channels including the parents.
The incident comes days after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti urged police to try to bring back to their homes the “local boys” who have joined terrorism instead of killing them in encounters.