Four youth were arrested by the security forces near Line of Control (LoC) in Uri on Friday, an official said, adding that the group was trying to cross over into the Pakistan administered Kashmir for arms training.
He said, “Based on specific inputs about the movement of agroup of youth intending to exfiltrate the LoC in Uri sector, a joint team ofArmy, CRPF and police launched the operation to nab them. The four member groupwas apprehended in the upper reaches of Limber Uri.”
He identified the arrested youth as Adil Ahmad Dar, 22, son of Ghulam Hassan Darof Hardu Hangir Yaripora Kulgam, Tahir Shamim Lone, 19, son of Shamim AhmadLone of Kapran Shopian, Sameer AhmadBhat, 18, son of Ghulam Hassan Bhat of Seer Dari Sopore and Naveed Parra, 19,son of Ghulam Nabi Parra of Tapper Pattan.
Sameer Ahmad Bhat, 18, of Seer Dari Sopore was missing since10 June (Monday). The family of the Sameer Bhat had filed a missing report atPolice station Tarzoo on Monday.
The other arrested youth, Naveed Ahmad Parra, 19, of TakiyaTapper Pattan was missing since 9 June (Sunday). The family members had earliermade passionate appeal to their missing son to return and had filed a missingreport at Police station Pattan.