STATE TIMES NEWS
POONCH: Security forces arrested a “hybrid” terrorist from Baramulla district on Monday and seized arms and ammunition from his possession, police said.
During routine vehicle checking at a mobile checkpost set up near Baramulla’s Juhama crossing, the security forces intercepted a man who, on seeing them, tried to flee, a police spokesperson said.
However, the man was tactfully apprehended by the alert personnel, the police spokesperson said, adding that he was identified as Tawheed Ahmad Haroon, son of Late Khazir Mohammad, resident of Delina Ghat, Baramulla.
Incriminating material, arms and ammunition, including a pistol, a pistol magazine and nine live rounds, were seized from his possession, the police spokesperson said.
A preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested terrorist had obtained the illegal arms and ammunition with the intention to carry out terror activities in Baramulla and its adjacent areas, he added.
A case has been registered and investigation taken up, the police spokesperson said.
Meanwhile, a terrorist hideout was busted during a search operation in a forest area of Poonch district on Monday, officials said.
The search operation was jointly carried out by police and other security forces in the forest area of Dera Ki Gali along the Mughal road connecting the border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in the Jammu region with south Kashmir’s Shopian district, the officials added.
They said the search parties moved from both the Poonch and Rajouri sides following information about suspicious movement in the area.
A terror hideout was busted, which led to the recovery of 100 assorted rounds of ammunition, some eatables, shoes, socks and a torch, the officials said.
