Hizb militant arrested in Doda: IGP Jammu

Security forces on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a militant associated with Hizbul Mujahideen outfit.

The police identified the arrested militant as Tanveer Ahmedof Tantana village of Doda district.

   

A police official said based on the information, a jointteam of army’s Rashtriya Rifles CRPF, and Special Operation Group (SOG) ofJ&K Police launched the search operations in the area.

During the searches, the militant was nabbed and a pistoland 10 rounds were recovered from his possession, said IGP Jammu, Mukesh Singh.

Singh said the arrested militant disclosed that he wasassociated with Hizb militant, Haroon who was killed in an encounter with thesecurity forces in Doda in January this year.

“Presently, two militantsnamely Tahir, resident of Pulwama, and Masood, resident of Doda are active inthe Doda district,” said the IGP.

He said four Hizb militants, Jahangir Saroori, Tahir, Masoodand Riaz Ahmed were active in Doda-Kishtwar.

 “They are trying torevive militancy, but there are no signs visible yet in Chenab,” the IGP said.

Security forces havelaunched massive hunt in Kishtwar, and its hilly areas to arrest the militantsactive in the hilly district after the targeted killings of two brothersassociated with BJP, RSS leader and his Personal Security Officer.

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