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India-Pakistan
Top JeM comdr, aide killed
2024-04-27
[Daily Excelsior] Top Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) commander and his aide were killed in Sopore area of Baramulla district in an overnight gun battle.

The duo has been identified as Abu Maaz, who was a top JeM commander and his aide Faraz alias Saifullah. Both of them were Pak nationals.

Inspector General of Police Kashmir, VK Bhirdi told reporters that operation against the duo was launched on a tip off by the police and Army.

"Last night, the police and local unit of the Territorial Army received a tip-off about the presence of bad boyin the area. While searching the area, gunnies opened fire, initiating the operation. The operation continued throughout the night until this afternoon, resulting in the neutralization of two bad boys. Arms and incriminating material were recovered from them," he said.

He said that the operation is a prime example of the coordination between the CRPF, Army, and police. "During such operations, police prioritize evacuating civilians to ensure their safety and proceed with proper protocol thereafter," he added.

"We always appeal to the public to stay away from the operation site for their safety. Whenever police assistance is needed, they are always at the forefront. This success underscores the police’s ongoing efforts in countering bad boy
He said the successful operation reflects the alertness of security forces ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in Kashmir. "We are committed to provide a safe and secure environment for Lok Sabha polls," he added.

The operation was launched last evening by 22 RR of the Army, Sopore Police and 179 Battalion of CRPF. The gun battle continued during the night and in the morning two dead bodies were recovered.

A civilian identified as Farooq Ahmad Dar was injured last evening in the encounter. "He received a bullet wound in his right shoulder and is currently being treated in a nearby Hospital. His condition is said to be stable," an official said.

Three security force personnel were also injured in the gun battle and their condition is stated to be stable.

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India-Pakistan
Disappointing electoral performance prompts resignations of JI's Haq, IPP's Tareen
2024-02-13
[GEO.TV] After facing setbacks in the February 8 general elections as both the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party and the Jamaat-e-Islami failed to show any electoral progress, IPP's Patron-in-Chief Jahangir Tareen and JI's Emir Sirajul Haq announced resigning from the party offices on Monday.

Subsequently, Pervez Khattak — the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-Parliamentarians (PTI-P) chief and former aide of PTI founder Imran Khan — also announced "taking a break from politics" after the election setback.

Tareen, an influential politician who was once a close aide of incarcerated former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, has faced humiliation in the nationwide February 8 general elections as his newly-formed party grabbed only two National Assembly (NA) and one provincial assembly seats.

Citing poor electoral performance, the IPP founder announced quitting politics and his party position in a post on X.

“I would like to thank everyone who supported me in this election and want to offer my congratulations to my opponents. I have immense respect for the will of the people of Pakistan. Therefore, I have decided to resign from my position as Chairman IPP and step away from politics altogether,” the senior politician wrote on his official X handle.

“My gratitude to all the members of IPP. I wish them the absolute best. By the Grace of Allah, I will continue to serve my country to the best of my ability in a private capacity. May the next few years see Pakistan prosper IA. Pakistan Zindabad,” he added.

In another development on the political landscape today, the chief of the politico-religious party, Sirajul Haq tendered his resignation citing “failures to get the targeted electoral results.”

The Siraj-led party failed to win a single NA seat, however, it grabbed five provincial seats.

Qaiser Sharif, JI’s Central Secretary Information of, confirmed the development regarding the party chief’s resignation which he tendered after taking responsibility for disappointing electoral performance in the general polls.

Sharif said that JI’s Secretary General Ameerul Azeem summoned an emergency session of the central shura on February 17 at the party’s headquarters — Mansoora Lahore. “The central shura’s session will commence at 10am and mull over the situation [post-resignation of the JI emir].”
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India-Pakistan
India requests Pakistan to extradite Hafiz Saeed in 'so-called money laundering case'
2023-12-30
[GEO.TV] India has requested Pakistain to extradite Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the chief of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa
...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba...
 (JuD), the Foreign Office confirmed Friday.

"Pakistain has received a request from the Indian authorities, seeking extradition of Hafiz Saeed
...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat. He is periodically placed under house arrest so it looks like the govt is doing something. Once the heat is off they let him go....
 in a so-called money laundering case," Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in a statement.

However,
there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly...
 there might be no plans to follow up on India’s request, as according to the spokesperson, "no bilateral extradition treaty exists between Pakistain and India".

India blames Saeed for being involved in attacks across the borders, however, the chief of the banned outfit has denied all claims.

A Pak court had sentenced Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba
...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...
 (LeT), the gang blamed by the United States and India for the deadly 2008 Mumbai siege, to 31 years in prison in two cases of terrorism financing.

An anti-terrorism court in Lahore had found Saeed guilty of terrorism financing in April 2022 and sentenced him to 32 years in jail.

Hours before Zahra’s confirmation, India had also confirmed it had formally requested Pakistain to extradite Saeed, according to India's foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.

"We have conveyed a request along with relevant supporting documents to the Government of Pakistain," Bagchi told news hounds in a media briefing.

Saeed conviction in 2022 was not the only one. Arrested in 2019, he was already serving a 15-year sentence after being found guilty of terror financing in 2020.

Saeed, who was put behind bars many times before over the past decade, denies being involved with armed operations, including the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, which killed 166 people.

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India-Pakistan
JI announces no-trust motion against PPP's Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab
2023-12-12
[GEO.TV] Moments after the City Council approved a resolution allowing the K-Electric to collect Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) charges from the citizens through their monthly power bills, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Amir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman Monday announced tabling a no-confidence motion against Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab.

Expressing his disappointment over the attitude of the first Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) mayor of the port city, Rehman blasted the ruling party over the acute water crisis in the city, grabbing the mayor slot vial alleged rigging and not tabling the budget in the house.

Addressing the council's session, the JI leader said that the elected representatives were helpless to address the water-related issues of the public. He said that the solid waste department should be handed over to the local government.

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Jamaat-e-Islami: 2023-06-02 Terror Funding SIU attaches property
in Anantnag
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India-Pakistan
Three Moslem Minors Apprehended in Stone Pelting Incident, Eight Women Injured
2023-11-21
[OneIndia] Three minors were apprehended in connection with a stone pelting incident in which eight women suffered injuries when they were on their way for a prayer ceremony in Nuh,
...a town in Haryana state, south of India’s Punjab state...
police said on Saturday.

One of them, a nine-year-old, was released on bail after he was produced before the child welfare committee while two others, both aged 12 years, were sent to a correction home after being produced before the juvenile justice board, they said.

At least eight women suffered injuries after some unidentified persons hurled stones at them allegedly from a mosque and madrasa in Nuh on Thursday night.

A senior police officer Saturday said the case is being investigated thoroughly but no role of any other has come to the fore yet.

Police on Friday registered an FIR against unidentified persons in connection with this incident.

Three minors were questioned by the police in the presence of their parents and later apprehended.

On the other hand, the Madrasa authorities claimed that children were playing with slippers and pebbles on the roof when a few accidentally hit the procession.

In a presser on Friday, Pawan Kumar, state president of VHP said that they want strict action against the miscreants. The incident of stone pelting in Nuh has raised concerns about the safety of women and religious freedom in the area. The police have assured that the case is being investigated thoroughly and action will be taken against anyone found guilty.
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India-Pakistan
Dawood Malik, founder of Lashkar-e-Jabbar, gunned down in North Wazoo by unknown assailants
2023-10-25
[GreaterKashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
] Another terrorist involved in anti-India activities Dawood Malik, considered a close aide of wanted terrorist Maulana Masood Azhar
...One of the major players in Pak terrorism. In early 1994, India incarcerated him for his activities. In 1995, foreign tourists were kidnapped in Jammu and Kashmir. The kidnappers included his release among their demands. One of the hostages managed to escape but the rest were eventually killed. In 1999, he was freed by the Indian government in exchange for passengers on hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 that had been diverted to Kandahar. The hijackers were led by Masood Azhar's brother, Ibrahim Athar. Once he was handed over to the hijackers, they fled to Pak territory despite the fact that Islamabad had earlier stated that any of the hijackers would be jugged at the border. The Pak government had also previously indicated that Azhar would be allowed to return home since he did not face any charges there. Shortly after his release, he made a public address to an estimated 10,000 people in Karachi, firing up the rubes against America and India...
, was rubbed out on Pakistain soil by unknown button men, reports said.
Unknown, you say? That most certainly wouldn’t be RAW then. Good to know.
According to reports in Pak media, Malik, termed a tribal elder, was rubbed out by unknown assailants in Pakistain's North Wazoo. Police said that it was a assassination carried out by unknown masked men in Mirali area of the North Waziristan tribal district on Friday morning.

Malik was targeted by masked men at a private clinic and the assailants managed to escape after the attack. Malik is said to be the founder of Lashkar-e-Jabbar and also a close aide of one of India's most wanted Lions of Islam Azhar.

The fresh incident raises questions of a war among the terrorist organizations that are functional in Pakistain. In last few weeks, several Lions of Islam wanted in India have been bumped off in Pakistain by unknown button men.
More unknown killers roaming in the wilds of Pakistan, you say? Very definitely not RAW, and probably not Mossad either, as they are currently occupied elsewhere.
On October 11, Shahid Latif, one of India's most wanted Lions of Islam and also a key conspirator in the 2016 Pathankot terror attack case was rubbed out by unknown button men in Pakistain's Sialkot. On October 1, Mufti Qaiser Farooq, a former member of Lashkar-e-Taiba
...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...
 and a close associate of Hafiz Saeed
...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat. He is periodically placed under house arrest so it looks like the govt is doing something. Once the heat is off they let him go....
, the criminal mastermind behind the 26/11 attacks, was also killed in Pakistain.
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India-Pakistan
10 arrested for trying to vitiate peaceful atmosphere outside Jama Masjid: Police
2023-09-24
So unkind — and only the day after Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was released from house arrest to give the Friday sermon there, too.


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India-Pakistan
J&K: Released From House Arrest After 4 Years, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Breaks Down At Friday Sermon
2023-09-23
“He used to be powerful and scary, but now he’s mostly harmless.”
[OneIndia] Hurriyat Conference
...an alliance of 26 political, social, and religious Moslem organizations formed in 1993 as a united political front to raise the cause of Kashmiri separatism. In other words, a willing tool of Pakistan, but after the last few years it’s become a broken reed instead of a cudgel...
chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq turned emotional after being released from house arrest after four years, earlier on 22nd September. He broke into tears while delivering the Friday sermon at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
 as reported by PTI.

As per officials, Farooq was detained after the GOI went ahead and abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution of India in August 2019 and it has now been after four years that he has finally been released.

As per PTI, the Mirwaiz will be allowed to take part in the Friday congregational prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid in the Nowhatta area here, the officials from the Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid, the management committee of the mosque said.

"Senior police officials visited the residence of the Mirwaiz on Thursday to inform him that the authorities have decided to release him from house detention and allow him to go to Jamia Masjid for Friday prayers," the Auqaf said in a statement.

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah welcoming the decision said, "We welcome this step by the government. He should not have been held under house arrest for so long. Now that he has been released it means that the situation here is not so bad and elections can be conducted. We hope he will fulfill his socio-religious role now." as reported by ANI.

Reportedly, Mirwaiz was released shortly after he filed a petition with the J&K High Court. On 15th September, the court asked the J&K administration for a response and gave them a four-week period to do so. Before this, Mirwaiz had also sent a legal notice to the J&K administration over his "house detention" on 18th August.

The notice mentions that the Jammu and Kashmir administration denied Mirwaiz's detention and said that he was free to relocate to any location. However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
 "on the other hand, the deployment of a large contingent of security forces outside the Nigeen residence of my client nullifies the aforesaid stand of lieutenant governor...," as per the notice by Mirwaiz's lawyer as quoted in Media reports.

Hurriyat Conference leader was put on house arrest along with several other politicians of Jammu and Kashmir on 5th August 2019, the same day when the BJP-led government of India revoked several provisions of Article 370 and split the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two separate Union territories.
Dawn adds:
The Indian government freed Kashmiri chief holy man and Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday after more than four years of house arrest.

The 50-year-old was detained along with other politicians and thousands of residents when the government cancelled held Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
’s constitutional semi-autonomy and imposed federal rule in 2019.

A months-long internet shutdown followed as India bolstered its armed forces in the region to contain protests.

Most detainees were subsequently released, but Mirwaiz remained unable to leave his residence, down the street from his Jamia Masjid mosque in Srinagar.

Thousands of worshippers gathered to see him lead Friday prayers for the first time in 218 weeks, with women showering him with sweets and religious slogans resounding around the 14th-century building.

Heavy security, including counter-insurgency police and commandos, were deployed around the mosque on Friday.

Armed festivities between Indian soldiers and freedom fighters demanding independence for the disputed region or its merger with Pakistain have significantly reduced.

But this month saw an uptick in violence leaving at least 14 dead, including eight security personnel.



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Afghanistan
2 former Afghan military officers killed, one fer sure by Talibs
2023-09-10


Taliban Kill Former Military Officer After Two Days of Detention in Kapisa Province

[8am] Local sources in Kapisa province have reported that the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
 killed a former military officer after detaining him for two days in the province.

Sources speaking to Hasht-e Subh revealed that the former military officer, identified as Mohammad Akbar, was killed by the Taliban on Friday, September 8.

According to sources, the Taliban detained Mohammad Akbar on Wednesday night, September 6, from his home in Ali Khail village in the center of Kapisa.

Mohammad Akbar was a former officer in the previous government’s army and had been previously detained and imprisoned by the Taliban three times on charges of collaborating with gangs opposed to the Taliban.

Sources further added that this former military officer had no affiliations with any group and was known to be seeking amnesty under the Taliban’s general amnesty claims in the country.

The detention, torture, and killing of former military personnel and government officials by the Taliban are not new occurrences.

Previously, human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
 organizations had expressed concerns about the detention, torture, and execution of former government military personnel by the Taliban, but these claims have consistently been denied by the Taliban.

Unknown Gunmen Shoot Former Military Officer Dead in Balkh

[8am] Local sources in Balkh Province have reported that unidentified button men shot and killed a former government military officer in the region.

Sources speaking to Hasht-e Subh have disclosed that the former military officer was named Faiz Mohammad and was brutally killed on Thursday, September 7th, in his residence in the Kart-e-Sulh area of the seventh district of Mazar-e-Sharif city by unidentified button men.

Faiz Mohammad had served as an officer in the Ministry of Interior of the previous government.

While the motives and perpetrators behind Faiz Mohammad’s murder remain unclear at this time, sources have implicated the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
 in the killing of this former government official.

This incident adds to a series of similar events since the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan, where numerous former government officials and military personnel have been targeted and killed in various parts of the country. Human rights organizations have accused the Taliban of being complicit in such incidents.

In a recent development, the United Nations
...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
 Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released a report on August 22nd, stating that from August 15th, 2021, to June 30th, 2023, they have documented at least 800 cases of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, torture, and enforced disappearances of government officials and military personnel.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Taliban, denied the findings of the UNAMA report regarding the massacres and torture of former officials and military personnel by their forces but acknowledged instances of "personal vengeance" against former government officials.
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Two LeT associates arrested in north Kashmir's Sopore: Police
2023-08-19


Police and security forces have arrested two terrorist associates linked with proscribed outfit LeT in Sopore area of Baramulla district, officials said on Friday.

They said that the police also recovered two grenades and eight pistol rounds and other incriminating materials from their possession.

A police statement said that the police personnel along with Army's 52 RR at a joint checkpoint established at Sher Colony Tarzoo intercepted two suspicious persons who on seeing the joint party tried to flee from the spot but were apprehended tactfully. They have been identified as Manzoor Ahmad Bhat son of Ab. Rashid Bhat and Tanveer Ahmad Lone son of Gh. Mohd Lone both residents of Darnambal Tarzoo, linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT. "During search, 02 Grenades and 8 Pistol rounds and other incriminating materials were recovered from their possession, " the statement said.

Accordingly, a case vide FIR No. 78/2023 under relevant sections of law has been registered and investigation initiated.
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Sopore: 2023-06-02 Two LeT associates arrested alongwith arms in Baramulla
Sopore: 2023-05-07 2nd gunfight in Baramulla in 24 hours, terrorist killed: Police
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Baramulla district: 2023-08-11 Three LeT associates held as police bust terror module in Baramulla
Baramulla district: 2023-05-16 NIA Raids Multiple Locations In South Kashmir In Terror Funding Case
Baramulla district: 2023-05-10 NIA conducts raids across 16 locations in J&K to crack down on newly-launched terror groups
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Three terrorist associates arrested in Srinagar: police
2023-08-05


Srinagar Police arrested three terrorist associates linked with proscribed terror outfit TRF, offshoot of proscribed terror outfit LeT in Natipora area of Srinagar, a statement by police said.

It said that acting on specific intelligence, a small team of Srinagar police at a checkpoint established at Harnabal Natipora arrested three terrorist associates linked with proscribed terrorist outfit TRF. They have been identified as Imran Ahmad Najar son of Late Abdul Rehman Najar resident of Bulbul Bagh Baramulla, Waseem Ahmad Matta son of Tariq Ahmad Matta resident of Qamarwari Srinagar and Wakeel Ahmad Bhat son of Nazir Ahmad Bhat resident of Pazalpora Bijbehara.

"From their possession, police recovered 03 hand grenades, 10 pistol rounds, 25 AK-47 rounds and other incriminating materials, " it said.

The police claimed that Wakeel Ahmad Bhat was earlier an active terrorist linked with proscribed terrorist outfit ISJK & was lodged in jail for two years and was released recently from Central Jail on bail. During preliminary investigation, it came to fore that the trio had collected the explosive substances and ammunition from active Lions of Islam of TRF for carrying terrorist activities in Srinagar city, thereby averted a terror threat, it said.

Subsequently, a case FIR number 46/23 under section 3/4 Explosive Act, 7/25 Arms Act, 18, 23, 39 UAPA Act was registered at Police Station Chanapora and investigation has been set into motion.
Related:
Srinagar: 2023-08-04 Two hybrid terrorists of LeT arrested in Baramulla: Police
Srinagar: 2023-08-01 ‘NGO Funding Case’: NIA raids multiple locations in Kashmir
Srinagar: 2023-07-30 Hybrid Al-Badr terrorist arrested in Srinagar: Police
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TRF: 2023-07-10 Scooter-riding gunman shoots 4 in Queens, kills 87-year-old man: NYPD
TRF: 2023-07-07 Iran says it tried to intercept oil tanker after collision, ship fled to Omani waters
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Natipora: 2023-07-11 JKLF-Hurriyat revival conspiracy case Police formally arrest 10 ex-terrorists, erstwhile separatists
Natipora: 2023-02-04 SIA raids multiple locations in Srinagar
Natipora: 2021-10-09 Terrorist affiliated with LeT neutralised in Srinagar
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Police arrest four LeT associates in Budgam
2023-07-19
[GreaterKashmir] Security forces have arrested four terrorist associates linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT in Budgam and recovered incriminating materials from their possession.

A police statement said that police along with Army (62 RR) arrested 04 terrorist associates in Beerwah area of district Budgam.

They have been identified as Mushtaq Ahmad Lone son of Abdul Rashid Lone resident of Gondipora Beerwah, Azhar Ahmad Mir son of Nazir Ahmad Mir resident of Chewdara Beerwah, Irfan Ahmad Sofi son of Abdul Rashid Sofi resident of Arwah Beerwah and Abrar Ahmad Malik son of Abdul Ahad Malik resident of Arwah Beerwah, linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT.

"Incriminating materials have been recovered from their possession. All the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation, " the statement said.

Accordingly, a case under relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Beerwah and investigation has been taken up.
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Budgam: 2023-07-13 Cops tie up 5 LeT turbans in Budgam
Budgam: 2023-07-12 SIU raids in J&K's Kishtwar at houses of 'terrorists' operating from Pakistan
Budgam: 2023-07-11 JKLF-Hurriyat revival conspiracy case Police formally arrest 10 ex-terrorists, erstwhile separatists
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