A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) has been detained along with two militants in a major counter-terror operation on the National Highway in Kulgam District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on January 11, reports Daily Excelsior. During vehicle check DSP, Devinder Singh, was detained along with Naveed Mushtaq alias Naveed Babu alias Babar Azam, a resident of Nazneenpora in Shopian District and his associate Asif Ahmad. The residence of the detained officer was immediately raided in Srinagar, during which one AK-47 rifle, two pistols and two grenades were recovered from his residence. Naveed was a Police deserter and had joined the ranks of militants in 2017. He decamped with four assault rifles from Budgam District. Naveed shot into limelight after the Centre Government scrapped Jammu and Kashmir’s special Constitutional provisions and Statehood in August last year. Soon after, Police said that Naved issued a diktat to apple orchardists in South Kashmir not to sell their produce. According to Police, Naveed was involved in the killings of at least 11 non-Kashmiri workers, including truck drivers and labourers, in Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian Districts of J&K. Before joining the ranks of militants, Naveed was working as Special Police Officer (SPO) with JKP.