Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 9 : Police today arrested five Lashker-e-Toiba Over Ground Workers (OGWs) in Sopore area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
Police said that acting on specific human and technical inputs, Sopore police and security forces arrested Khursheed Ahmad Lone of Nowpora Jagir Kreeri Baramulla, Bashir Ahmad Zargar of Behrampora, Rafiabad, Javid Ahmad Pandith of Dangerpora, Sopore, Waseem Ahmad Lone of Botingoo, Sopore and Arif Ahmad Khanday of Zaloora, Sopore.
“They were involved in providing logistics and other assistance and transportation to the LeT militants and were also in constant contact with the active militants of the outfit to carry out subversive activities within the jurisdiction of Sopore police”, they said.
Police said that Khursheed has been arrested in case (FIR No. 122/2020) of Police Station Tarzoo, Bashir in case (FIR No. 154/2020 of police station Dangiwacha, Javid and Waseem in case (FIR No. 360/2020 of Police Station Sopore while as Arif in case FIR No. 84/2020 of police station Bomai.
“The investigation of these case is going on”, police said.