By Gopal Sharma
JAMMU, June 10: A Pak trained ultra, hailing from Thanna Mandi area of district Rajouri, who reached home last night was captured by police.
Authoritative sources told Excelsior that this 27-year-old youth who joined militancy in 2003, along with two other Kashmiri militants managed to reach State via Nepal. They arrived Jammu Station in a train from Gorakhpur. While his two associates, moved to Kashmir valley in a bus, this youth caught a TATA Sumo and reached Rajouri and managed to reach home late last evening.
Identified as Mohd Riaz, son of Mohd Hafiz, resident of Dhara hamlet near Mangota village of Thanna Mandi, this youth joined militancy when he was just student of 10th Class. He went missing from his home on March 23, 2003. His parents lodged a missing report with Thanna Mandi police on April 27, 2003. Later, it was learnt that he joined militancy, took part in some local actions and then crossed over to PoK along with some few local youth.
Sources said Riaz was trained in Pakistani camps in PoK area and remained there since then. He was pushed into this side along with other trained youth into the State via Nepal border. With the help of ISI officials they boarded a Nepal bound aircraft from Islamabad and then reached Kathmandu. He stayed there for couple of days and then left for J&K in the company of two other Kashmiri youth.
Acting on specific inputs, a police party during mid-night operation captured him and placed under sustained interrogation. He had been declared absconder in September 2011 by a local court as well.
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