Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 30: Security forces today claimed to have busted a hideout of two Hizbul Mujahideen commanders, wanted for their roles in 2011 Delhi High Court blast, in Kishtwar district.
Huge quantity of arms and ammunitions were seized from the hideout belonging to the September 7, 2011 Delhi High Court blast accused Mohammad Amin alias Jehangir and Shakir Hussain alias Chota Hafiz from high altitude forest belt of Kutmarg area in Kishtwar, official sources said.
The hideout was found after a joint operation was launched by troops of 11 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Task Force (STF) of Kishtwar police on a tip-off.
Jehangir is district commander of the militant group while Chota Hafiz is tehsil commander, the sources said.
The hideout could easily accommodate 2-3 militants with sufficient stock, they added.
Four .303-rifles, one PIKA gun, one AK-47 rifle, four 12-bore and Topidar rifles, two RPG launchers, one UBGL launcher, two UBGL grenades, four rounds of RPG, one bomb of 60 mm, two magazines of SLR, four magazines of AK-47 rifle, nine gelatin sticks, 10 electric detonators, 999 rounds of different weapons, one binocular (Pakistan make) and two hand grenades were seized from the spot.
“After the surrender of Hizbul militants Sajjad Ahmed alias Rizwan and killing of two more militants Amir Ali Kamal and Mohammad Shafi Hajam, the remaining militants including Hafiz and Jehangir are disturbed,” sources said.
They might be planning to hit back, they added.
Earlier on August 6, security forces in Kishtwar district killed one of the accused militant in the Delhi blast.
Fourteen people were killed and over 70 injured on September 7, 2011 blast in the Delhi High Court premises.
Kishtwar police had so far killed one militant and arrested two others while another militant was nabbed by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) for their involvement in the blast outside Delhi High Court.
Two top militants including Chota Hafiz and Junaid Akram Malik involved in the Delhi blast were still at large. Besides them, two Pakistani militants were also wanted in the case, sources said.
They added that with the recovery of arms consignment, a major plot of the militants to revive their activities had been foiled.
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