Srinagar: Security forces on Friday apprehended a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba militant from Pulwama district of south Kashmir, a police official said.
Manzoor Ahmad Ganaie, who was reported missing since January 19, was apprehended by security forces during cordon and search operation at Nowpora in Pulwama this afternoon, the official said.
One pistol and two hand grenades were recovered from the possession of the arrested ultra, believed to be a member of LeT, the official said. Further details of the incident are awaited as search operation was still in progress, he said.
Meanwhile, security forces averted a major tragedy by recovering an improvised explosive device (IED) in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, police said. A joint team of police and paramilitary CRPF recovered the IED in Gund area of the district, a police official said. He said the explosive was hidden inside a gas cylinder.