At least ten civilians including two women were injured in a grenade explosion, which was lobbed by militantstowards 40 Battalion of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) near Hanuman Mandir at Hari Singh High Street area of Srinagar District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on August 10, reports Daily Excelsior. The militants lobbed a grenade towards Bunker of SSB, which however missed the target and instead exploded on road resulting in minor injuries to civilians. They were shifted to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital for treatment. Following the grenade attack, all the entry and exit points in and around Lal Chowk area in Srinagar were sealed and all the checkpoints across the Srinagar city were activated. During the intensive checking, Police arrested an individual identified as Adil Farooq Bhat, a journalist and recovered two grenades from his bag near Makkah Market Partap Park in Srinagar District on August 10. Earlier Adil Farooq was arrested in February, 2019 for his involvement in providing logistics as well as other support to the active terrorists, said Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar.
A minor was injured after an old shell exploded while digging at Dewar Lolab in Kupwara District of J&K on August 10, reports Daily Excelsior. The injured has been shifted to hospital and his condition is stable.
Security Forces (SFs) comprising of Police and Indian Army recovered INR 2.58 million worth hawala money meant for terror funding in J&K and arrested two persons identified as Mohammad Shakeel and Mohammad Alyas, both residents of Kanga Gali village located close to Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar sector of Poonch District in J&K from two different locations at Kanga Gali village in Poonch District and undisclosed location in J&K on August 10, reports Daily Excelsior. The hawala money was to be delivered to the commanders of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) andspreading terror activities in the Kashmir Valley as well as Border Districts of Poonch and Rajouri, said official.
SFs comprising of Police, Indian Army and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) carried out joint search operations at Iqbal market in Sopore of Baramulla District of J&K on August 10, reports Greater Kashmir.
Police have recovered an aircraft-shaped balloon with PIA written on it from the forest area of Sarhoti village falling in Teryath Police post limits in Rajouri District of J&K on August 10, reports Greater Kashmir.
National Investigation Agency (NIA) searched five locations in Bandipora District of J&K on August 9, in connection with Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) militancy funding case and recovered incriminating documents and electronic devices, reports Daily Excelsior.