JAMMU: In two separate incidents, police seized a “Chinese-made” weapon-mountable telescope from a locality here on Sunday and apprehended a 24-year-old man for questioning in Samba district, officials said.
“Jammu (Rural) Police recovered a telescope (that can be mounted on a weapon) from the Sidhra area,” a police spokesperson said.
A six-year-old boy in the Asrarabad locality of the Sidhra area was found possessing a “Chinese-made” telescope, officials said.
The child’s family, during the inquiry, claimed that the boy had found the object in a nearby garbage dump on Sunday morning, they said.
Police and parties of the Special Operations Group (SOG) are conducting further inquiry into the matter, the spokesperson said.
“The public is advised not to panic,” the official added.
In a separate incident, police took Tanvir Ahmad into custody for questioning from village Diani in Samba district, reportedly after a “Pakistani” phone number was noticed on his mobile, they said.
Ahmad is originally a resident of south Kashmir’s Anantnag and is currently residing in Samba, the officials said. (PTI)