By PTI
SRINAGAR: A militant affiliate was arrested with arms and ammunition in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police mentioned on Saturday.
Security forces on Friday established a routine cell car checkpoint on the Authoora Bala bridge in north Kashmir’s Baramulla.
During the checking, the joint social gathering intercepted an individual whose motion raised suspicion, a police official mentioned.
He mentioned the particular person tried to flee on noticing the naka social gathering. However, he was tactfully apprehended by the alert joint social gathering. The militant affiliate was recognized as Mohammad Saleem Khan, a resident of Shrakwara Kreeri, he added.
During a search, arms and ammunition together with a pistol, a pistol journal and 5 pistol rounds have been recovered from Khan’s possession, the official mentioned.
During the preliminary investigation, it got here to the fore that he had obtained these unlawful arms and ammunition with the intention to hold out terrorist actions in Kreeri and adjoining areas, he mentioned.
A case has been registered and an investigation set into movement, the official mentioned.
