Govt employee among three held with old revolver in central Kashmir’s Budgam

Security forces arrested three persons including a former militant, presently a government employee and recovered a rusty pistol from their possession in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials said on Monday.

As per news agency KNO, the trio was arrested by 53 RR and Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir during the intervening night of Feb 7 and 8 from Khansahib Budgam.

   

An official identified the former militant now working in the Education Department as Bashir Ahmad Shah of Arigam, Khansahib. The other two are Faisal Farooq and Inam-ul-Haq—both residents of Chattabal Srinagar.

The official said a rusty revolver and an AK 47 magazine have bee recovered from the trio’s possession adding further investigation is going on inn the case.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

5 × 2 =