Jammu and Kashmir Police Monday busted a terror module in Ramban district and arrested two Kashmir-based terror operatives together with an enormous amount of arms and ammunition, officers stated.
The seized arms and ammunition had been dropped on the Indian aspect of the International Border in Samba district allegedly by Jaish-e-Mohammad handlers in Pakistan with the assistance of a drone, in accordance with Inspector General of Police Jammu zone Mukesh Singh. These included two AK-74 rifles together with 9 magazines and 269 rounds, 16 grenades, apart from a pistol and two magazines.
Pointing out that this adopted a joint operation, Ramban district police and Special Operation Group (SOG) Jammu, IGP Mukesh Singh stated the preliminary investigation revealed that two terror operatives – Umar Ahmed Malik and Suhail Ahmed Malik – each residents of Semthan, Anantnag had been working underneath a terror plot hatched by Kashmir-based terrorists and their Pak-based JeM handler Aqib alias Alfa from Budgam had travelled from Kashmir to the International Border at Vijaypur, Samba and acquired arms and ammunition that had been dropped with the assistance of drones.
Further investigation of the fear module is underway, he added.
