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On September 22, two militants of the module involved in the deadly terror attack were arrested. “We have arrested the third militant involved in the terror attack yesterday and recovered a pistol”, SSP Ramban, Mohan Lal said today.
The arrested militant has been identified as Aquib Wahid, a BSc student at the Degree College in Anantnag, he said. A pistol along with ammunition was recovered from him. During the initial interrogation, the arrested militant said an Over Ground Worker (OGW) of South Kashmir gave him the pistol with the task of setting up a terror module along with others.
Police is on a hunt to track down the OGW connected with terror groups in South Kashmir. On September 22 Gaznafar and Arif were arrested in connection with the attack. “They were arrested within 24 hours of the attack by the police during a major combing operation in Banihal belt”, SSP said.
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Gazanfar, Arif and Aquib were recruited to foment terror in the Chenab Valley region, officials said. Police have neutralised a terror module trying to revive militancy in Jammu region and arrested three attackers involved in the killing of the SSB jawan, the SSP said.
“We have been able to neutrtalise an important module which was trying to revive terrorism in this area”, he said.