Excelsior Correspondent
KISHTWAR, Jan 22: Police in a joint operation with troops of 11 Rashtriya Rifles in Marwah area has tracked down the absconding SPO of Police Station Marwah who fled away two days back after stealing the AK-47 of a constable to join the militant ranks. However, one more person has been taken into custody, who was with the deserted SPO.
While interacting with media persons here today, the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kishtwar Abrar Chowdhary said that on January 20, SPO Mohammad Yaseen, posted in Police Station Marwah deserted the Police Station after stealing the AK-47 service weapon of a constable Mushtaq Ahmed of Police Station Marwah and left into Nowapachi forests to join militant ranks.
A case under relevant Sections was registered at Police Station Marwah and various teams were constituted to search and apprehend the fleeing terrorist, he added.
“Today the police parties led by SHO Police Station Marwah Inspector Farooq Khateeb and DySP Operations Kishtwar Nissar Khoja alongwith the troops of 11 RR led by Major Vijay Raj Purohit cordoned off the Kachpeth forests and during the combing operations the search parties arrested the deserting SPO Mohammad Yaseen alongwith a civil accomplice Reyaz Khandey, son of Ghaffar Khandey of Methwan, Marwah”, SSP said, adding that the police and Army joint operation parties have recovered the stolen weapon alongwith the whole ammunition.
SSP informed that police arrested the duo and has recovered all the logistic items accumulated by them in the newly constructed hideout.
SSP Abrar Chowdhary has further revealed that the newly cracked module was aimed at reviving the militancy in the Chenab region. The police have been seriously looking into the hands behind reviving the militancy in the Chenab region as revealed in the preliminary investigation, SSP added.
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