Security Forces (SFs) on May 20 killed a militant and foiled an infiltrator bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Tangdhar sector of Kupwara District in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), reports Daily Excelsior. The soldiers noticed some suspicious movement along the LoC near Darshan Post and challenged the intruders, who opened fire, the officials said. The troops retaliated, leading to the killing of an infiltrating militant.
Meanwhile, Police on May 20 arrested four militants and their associate of the Falcon Squad module of The Resistance Front (TRF) responsible for the grenade attack on a newly established wine shop in Baramulla District, reports Daily Excelsior. Addressing a press conference, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Baramulla, Rayees Bhat said that during investigation various evidences at the scene of crime were assessed and analysed and some critical leads came to the fore including the grenade lever. “CCTV footage from nearby cameras was also obtained which helped to reconstruct the sequence of events pre and post the incident, “he said. “On the basis of human and technical intelligence, few suspects were picked up and interrogated. During sustained interrogation, a major breakthrough was achieved by arresting four militants and their one associate of the Falcon Squad module of LeT (TRF),” he added. The arrested militants were identified as Shahid Showket Bala, son of Showket Ahmad Bala of Banglowbagh, Safeer Ahmad Mir, son of Gulam Nabi Mir of Mir Sahib old Town, Mohammad Maroof Soleh alias Adil, son of Nazir Ahmad Soleh of Kanilbagh, Faisal Shaban Gojiri, son of Mohammad Shaban Gojri of Chesti Colony, besides their associate Hatif Ahmad Sofi, son of Bilal Ahmad Sofi of Arampora Baramulla was also arrested.
While conducting further investigation and disclosures made by them, various locations were raided and multiple recoveries including five pistols, 23 grenades, one suspicious package, seven magazines and 205 rounds of ammunition, besides one Bajaj Pulsar motorbike (JK05F-4822), used in the attack, were recovered.