A team of Srinagar Police arrested three terrorist associates linked with proscribed terror outfit, The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-E-Taiba (LeT) in the Natipora area of Srinagar on Friday.
Acting on specific intelligence, a small team of Srinagar police, at a checkpoint established at Harnabal Natipora, arrested three terrorist associates. They have been identified as Imran Ahmad Najar, a resident of Bulbul Bagh Baramulla, Waseem Ahmad Matta, a resident of Qamarwari Srinagar, and Wakeel Ahmad Bhat a resident of Pazalpora Bijbehara.
The police recovered three hand grenades, ten pistol rounds, 25 AK-47 rounds and other incriminating materials from their possession.
It is pertinent to mention here that Wakeel Ahmad Bhat was earlier an active terrorist linked with the proscribed terrorist outfit ISJK and was lodged in jail for two years. He was released recently from Central Jail on bail. During preliminary investigation, it came to the fore that the trio had collected the explosive substances and ammunition from active terrorists of TRF for carrying terrorist activities in Srinagar city.
Subsequently, a case FIR number 46/23 under section 3/4 Explosive Act, 7/25 Arms Act, 18, 23, 39 UAPA Act was registered at Police Station Chanapora and an investigation has been set into motion.
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