Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, May 5: A man, who was arrested in 2017 in connection with an attack on a security forces camp in the Banihal area, was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) today after he was found to be in contact with some suspect individuals in Kashmir Valley, officials said.
Mohammad Ibrahim Gujjar, son of Nooriya Gujjar, a resident of Krawah Tehsil Banihal District Ramban was slapped with the PSA after the District Magistrate Ramban approved a dossier against him filed by the police, they said.
He was subsequently detained and sent to the Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu, they said.
According to the sources, Ibrahim was found to be in touch with some suspect individuals in Kashmir Valley over phone.
They said Ibrahim was not directly involved in the attack on the SSB camp in 2017. He was in touch with those who attacked the camp. All the three attackers were arrested within days of the incident, besides him.
One SSB jawan was martyred and another was injured in the attack. Ibrahim was released from jail a year ago, they said.
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