Police arrested a surrendered
militant of HuM, identified as Mohammad Jaffar Sheikh, from
Cherhar area for extorting money from NHPC employee in Kishtwar
District. Giving details of the case, SSP Yougal Manhas said
that the surrendered militant threatened a NHPC employee namely
Nazir Ahmed Lone (complainant) of kidnapping his son (a class
8th student) if he (NHPC employee) failed to pay him INR One
million. The ex-militant also took away the mobile phone of
the complainant, SSP Manhas said.