Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, Apr 22: After the arrest of top most commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba and members of his module, police have solved several cases of killings in North Kashmir including that of a youth and a Sarpanch.
While interacting with the reporters on the side-lines of a public darbar in Sopore North Kashmir, IGP Kashmir range, G A Mir said that with the arrest of LeT Commander Fahadullah in Sopore and subsequent arrests made on his revelations, Police have solved many cases including the Doabgah murder case, killing of Sarpanch Ghulam Mohammad Yatoo of Palhallan and killing of Bashir Ahmad Ganaie at Kunzer Tangmarg.
Mir said that with the busting of LeT module, people in Sopore will feel relieved. He said that with the arrests and killing of militants their number is depleting in Kashmir. He said that there are around 100 militants in Kashmir valley and besides this there are sleeper cells that are operating in the Valley.
The IGP said that on March 19, a youth Suhail Ahmad Sofi son of Ghulam Nabi Sofi of Doabgah, Sopore was killed by militants. The IGP said that Fahadullah revealed the involvement of Feroze Ahmad Dar son of Bashir Ahmad Dar resident of Alsafa Colony, Sopore in the murder of Suhail Ahmad Sofi.
The IGP said that Feroz Dar was arrested and upon his revelation, identification and instance weapon of offense; a Chinese pistol was recovered. On the account of eyewitness, his own confession and recovery of weapon of offense and the matching empty cartridges recovered from the scene of crime, a case of murder was prime facie established against accused Dar and the co-accused Fahadullah who provided him the pistol for killing.
The IGP said that the motive behind the killings of Suhail was the suspicion by LeT outfit about him being an informer of security forces. Feroz had been earlier working for Hizbul Mujahideen outfit and of late had joined LeT.
IGP said that, a LeT militant Shabir Ahmad Sheikh @Tameem son of Abdul Rehman Sheikh resident of Palhallan who was killed in an encounter at Amargad Sopore last week was behind the killing of Ghulam Mohammad Yatoo son of Abdul Karim Yatoo resident of Palhallan who was Sarpanch of the village.
IGP said that Sheikh had gone underground immediately after his involvement was revealed in Sarpanch murder. He said that the slain militant was also involved in the killing of one Bashir Ahmad Ganie son of Ghulam Nabi Ganie resident of Chanpora Kunzer in March.
He said that the module of LeT, which had been involved in militant activities in and around Sopore was busted. “Some of the conduits have been arrested which include: Shakir Showket Bhat son of Showket Ahmad Bhat resident of Nowpora Kalan Mohammad Rafi Malik son of Sonaullah Malik resident of Hajam Mohalla Marazigund Rafiabad. With these arrests about a dozen grenade attack cases in and around Sopore have been solved”, the IGP addded.
The IGP said that two AK rifles, two AK magazines, forty rounds of AK ammunition, two Chinese pistols, three pistol magazines and two hand grenades were recovered from them.
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