Srinagar, July 29: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday have arrested a hybrid terrorist of Al Badr terror outfit from Batamaloo area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district.
A police spokesman said a team of Srinagar Police have arrested a hybrid terrorist linked with proscribed terrorist outfit Al-Badr in Batamaloo area of City Srinagar. Incriminating materials alongwith arms & ammunition have been seized from his possession, he said.
Briefing about the details, the spokesman said acting on specific intelligence, Srinagar Police arrested a hybrid terrorist identified as Arfat Yusuf son of Mohd Yusuf Khan resident of RajporaPulwama from Batamaloo area of Srinagar.
“Incriminating materials alongwith arms and ammunition including a Pistol, 20 live rounds, twomagazines have been recovered from his possession,” he said.
As per Police, preliminary investigation reveals that he has been involved in terror related activities in South Kashmir Range and had come to Srinagar with the nefarious designs & was arrested before he could execute any terror attack.
Pertinent to mention here that he was involved in throwing grenades twice on security forces, first time on a CRPF Vehicle in Rajpora and on second time threw at CRPF/RR Camp at Hawal, RajporaPulwama (FIR number 61/22 dated 14/08/2022 already registered ).
“Besides throwing grenades he was involved in pasting posters on 26/03/2023 and 10/03/2023 of Lone wolf warrior. Several terror crime cases have already been registered against him,” the spokesman said.
Meanwhile, case vide FIR number 94/2023 under sections 13, 23 of ULAP Act and 7/25 of IA Act stands registered at Police Station Batamaloo.