Three 'over ground workers (OGWs)' of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant outfit were arrested by Police in connection with the June 12 Anantnag terror strike in which five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and Station House Officer (SHO) Arshad Ahmed Khan were killed at Khanabal Pahalgam (KP) road, from Anantnag town in Anantnag District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on July 11, reports Daily Excelsior. The three OGWs, identified as Amir, Kaisar and Irfan, during their interrogation, told the Police that a Pakistani terrorist was brought to the house of one of the accused by local JeM ‘commander’ Fayaz Punzoo. The Pakistani terrorist was in Anantnag from June 8 before he carried out the strike on the Paramilitary Forces. He had also conducted a reconnaissance of potential targets around the area.
Meanwhile, an OGW of JeM militant outfit was arrested by Security Forces (SFs) in Sopore area in Baramulla District of J&K on July 11, reports Daily Excelsior. Sopore Police and Special Operation Group (SOG), Rafiabad during naka at Parraypora Hadipora area of Rafiabad arrested one Tawheed Ahmad Lone, a resident of Chotipora Achabal Sopore. One pistol along with one magazine and five rounds were recovered from his possession.