Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 24: Police today busted a Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) module in central Kashmir district of Budgam by arresting two militants who were planning to carry out attacks against security forces and vital installations.
A police spokesman said here that Budgam Police along with 35 RR of army arrested two militants, Irshad Ahmad Dar son of Mohammad Maqbool Dar resident of Narkara Budgam and Fayaz Ahmad Paul alias Fayaz Traila son of Abdul Gaffar Paul resident of Ompora Budgam.
Police said that the duo was involved in grenade attacks at security forces at Hyderpora and Ompora. The grenades used in the attacks were procured from Sopore, police said.
On the behest of LeT they were carrying out such attacks for which they were given cash rewards, Police added.
Police said that during their questioning it revealed that they were planning to target security forces, police and other Government vital installations in the coming days.
Meanwhile, at least two children were injured in village Yunsu at Handwara in the frontier district of Kupwara today. The two children were playing near a river and a live shell exploded causing injury of Aaqib Bashir, 9, and Insha Mir, 11.
The two injured children have been removed to Srinagar’s SMHS Hospital for treatment.
Reports said that they had found this explosive somewhere while they were playing and were fiddling with it when it exploded.
During this month one Tariq Ahmad Shah was killed by shell that exploded in Mawar village in Handwara, two live grenades were recovered from Shantnu Handwara, a live shell was recovered and diffused by police in village Shathi, Handwara.
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