Today, security forces arrested two Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) from Pulwama and recovered incriminating materials from their possession.
Police said that acting on specific input, Pulwama Police, along with 44 RR and 182 Bn CRPF, apprehended two OGWs of JeM.
They have been identified as Adil Ali, son of Ali Mohd Bhat of Acchan and Asif Gulzar, son of Gulzar Ahmad Dar of Hajidarpora, police said, adding incriminating materials of JeM were recovered from their possession.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the arrested duo was in touch with JeM commanders and was involved in providing logistics, shelter as well as transportation of arms, ammunition and explosive materials to the militants of JeM to strengthen militant networks operating across district Budgam,” police said.
A case has been registered in Police Station Litter, and further investigation is underway.
Militants this afternoon lobbed a grenade towards security forces at the Arwani area of Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. However, no loss of life or injury has been reported in the attack. The area was immediately cordoned off to arrest the attackers
