Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, Mar 14: In a surgical operation, police this evening arrested a Pakistani militant who they suspect was an associate of the two Fidayeen who carried out an attack on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Bemina locality of Srinagar and killed 5 of them and injured 10 others.
Inspector General of Police, Abdul Gani Mir confirmed arrest of a Pakistani militant from Chattabal area of Srinagar but didn’t confirm his involvement in the Fidayeen attack at Bemina. “We are questioning him and trying to find out details of his activities”, he added.
Police and Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Jammu and Kashmir police this evening cordoned off Chattabal area of Srinagar and arrested a Pakistani militant identified as Riyaz Ahmad alias Abu Talha.
Police sources said that Abu Talha has been taken to SOG headquarters Srinagar for questioning. He was arrested from the house of one Ghulam Nabi, a visually challenged person and a pistol which he had concealed in a wardrobe of the house was recovered from him.
Sources said that Abu Talha travelled to Narbal in the Northern outskirts of Srinagar in a Sumo around 15 hours before the Fidayeen attack took place at Bemina and received the two Fidayeen. “The duo stayed with him in Chattabal for the night and in the morning he dropped them at Bemina where they carried out the attack”, police sources added.
The sources said that the two Fidayeen who were killed at Bemina were Pakistani nationals and had infiltrated into Kashmir valley recently. “They were in Pattan area of Baramulla district before they came to Srinagar on Tuesday night for carrying out the attack”, sources added.
Bodies of the two Fidayeen have not been buried yet and Police may take their DNA samples before their burial. Police sources said that no one claimed the bodies yet and it clearly indicates that they are Pakistani nationals.
Police besides recovering medicine of Pakistan make had recovered 2 AK-47 rifles, 5 AK magazines, 60 AK rounds, 2 Chinese pistol, 2 pistol rounds, 1 UBGL, 3 UBGL grenades, 4 hand grenades and 2 pouches from the encounter site.
Police sources said that the medicine of Pakistani make suggested that the duo had infiltrated into Kashmir recently. Sources said that the duo was part of a group of 9 militants who have recently infiltrated into Kashmir to carry out targeted attacks.
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