STATE TIMES NEWS
New Delhi: The Delhi Police’s Special Cell on Thursday arrested a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, wanted in 11 terror attack cases in Jammu and Kashmir, from the national capital, an official said.
It is a major breakthrough, Special Commissioner of Police (SCP) HGS Dhaliwal said at a press conference.
Javaid Ahmad Matoo, 32, a highly indoctrinated terrorist carrying a reward of Rs 10 lakh, was arrested from Delhi’s Nizamuddin area. He was driving a stolen car when he was apprehended, police said.
Matoo is named in “11 known terror attack cases”, including five grenade attacks and killing of at least five police personnel in sperate incidents, in Jammu and Kashmir, Dhaliwal said and added that he is a member of the terrorist outfits Hizbul Mujahideen and Al Badr.
