Police arrests active terrorist of proscribed terror outfit LeT in Bandipora

Police along with security forces have arrested an active terrorist of proscribed terror outfit LeT in Bandipora. Incriminating materials including arms & ammunition recovered from his possession.

Acting on a specific input about the presence of terrorist in Aloosa area of Bandipora, a special checkpoint was established by joint parties of Police, 26 Assam Rifles and 3rdBn CRPF in the said area. During checking, a suspicious person was seen approaching the checkpoint and on being challenged by the joint parties, the said person tried to flee towards the nearby orchards however, an alert party chased him and was apprehended tactfully. He has been identified as Danish Ahmed Shah @Haris son of Sanaullah Shah resident of Ellahipora. Incriminating materials, arms & ammunition including one Chinese pistol and one grenade was recovered from his possession.

During preliminary questioning, he disclosed that he was working at the behest of LeT Handlers Samama Ali & Hilal Malik (A/P in Pakistan) and the said arms and ammunition had been provided to him through Laskar conduits. It was also learnt that he had been recruited as a hybrid terrorist by eliminated Lashkar terrorist Ashiq War and after the death of Ashiq in 2019, he was subsequently handled by terrorist Fayaz War.

It further came to light that he was currently arranging travel documents to travel Pakistan for seeking specialized training of arms & ammunition. He is also suspected to be involved in assisting the recent attacks in Bandipora and investigation about the matter is under way.

Accordingly, a case under the relevant sections of law has been registered in Police Station Bandipora and further investigation is in progress.