Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, July 18: Police in Anantnag arrested seven persons for pasting threatening posters of Hizbul Mujahideen in Anantnag town and recovered incriminating printing material from them.
A police spokesman said here that last week threatening posters were found pasted around few places at Lal Chowk, Reshi Bazaar in Anantnag town. The poster bore the names of 33 people who were threatened to stay away from police by HM outfit.
The spokesman said that a case (FIR No. 225/2013 under Section 505,506, 120(b) RPC and 13 ULA Act) was registered and investigation was taken up during which police received a tip off, regarding Ashiq Hussain Narchor son of Mohammad Yousuf Narchor resident of Mattan Chowk Anantnag to be involved in the poster pasting incident.
The spokesman said that Narchor was arrested, during his questioning he confessed of preparing and pasting the threat letters at various places in town Anantnag. He also disclosed the name of his associates who assisted him in execution of work.
Police said Manzoor Ahmad Wani son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Wani resident of Iqbal Market, Mohammad Abass Wani son of Abdul Rehman Wani resident of Sarnal Bala, Saqib Tahir Shah son of Tahir Shah resident of Dangerpora Anantnag, Rahid Shafi Wani son of Mohammad Shafi Wani resident of Qazibagh Anantnag, Shakeel Ahmad Bhat son of Abdul Aziz Bhat resident of Anchidora and Bilal Ahmad Hajam son of Ghulam Nabi Hajam resident of Shangus were arrested on his disclosure.
Police arrested all the associates involved in the case, and upon their disclosure one Laptop, one Printer, 05 plain leaves of HM letter pad, and two printed leaves of HM letter pad were recovered.
It may be mentioned here that Posters, typeset in Urdu on behalf of the militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen, spread a wave of terror in South Kashmir.
The laser-printed posters, warning people against liaising with the police and mainstream politicians, appeared mysteriously before Sehri last week at the Jamia Masjid Hanfia, the Jamia Masjid Ahl-e-Hadith and the Rahat Dedi Masjid Lalchowk. The posters were unsigned and unstamped, but threatened as many as 33 residents by name.
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