Jammu Kashmir Police on Friday claimed to have arrested two hybrid terrorists of a Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit concerned in an assault on a social media journalist within the Shopian district of South Kashmir final 12 months. Police stated that it has constituted a particular investigation crew (SIT) and because the investigation progressed, the police managed to spherical up quite a few suspects based mostly on oral, circumstantial and technical proof.
During questioning, two suspects recognized as Suhaib Reyaz son of Reyaz Ahmad Mir and Anayat Ullah Iqbal son of Mohammad Iqbal Wani, each residents of Saidapora Payen admitted their involvement within the terror assault. It additionally got here to the fore that each have been working as hybrid terrorists of the proscribed terror outfit TRF-an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
According to the police spokesman, on their disclosure, the weapon of offence viz a pistol together with its journal and 05 pistol rounds in addition to, an IED has been recovered from the orchards of village Saidapora Payen Shopian.
Further investigation of the case remains to be happening, reads the assertion.
Waseem Ahmad Wani (27), a resident of Heerpora space of Shopian, who ran a YouTube information channel, escaped unharmed after two motorcycle-borne militants shot at him on December 25 final 12 months.
