With the arrest of 4 terrorists of Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a significant terror plot to focus on the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya and the Panipat refinery has been foiled by the Jammu and Kashmir police.
The 4 JeM terrorists arrested from Jammu had been in contact with Jaish commanders in Pakistan, who had deputed one of many 4, recognized as Ijahar Khan of Shamli in Uttar Pradesh, to hold out the reconnaissance of Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya and Panipat refinery. However, the Jammu and Kashmir police busted the module earlier than it might perform the assaults.
“For past 20 to 25 days, we were working on the Jaish module. In Pakistan, there is a JeM commander named Shahid, also known as Munzir. He was the one behind the module. This module has large number of terrorists. So far we have arrested four. One is from UP and three from Kashmir,” mentioned Mukesh Singh, Additional Director General of Police, Jammu.
The police in Jammu busted a Jaish-e-Mohammed module and arrested 4 terrorists who had been planning to hold out main terror strikes throughout the nation on and earlier than the Independence Day celebrations.
“Four Jaish terrorists and their associates have been arrested by Jammu police in a drive to root out terrorist presence in Jammu. They had been planning assortment of arms dropped by drones and provide to energetic terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammed in Kashmir valley; planting a vehicle-based IED in Jammu earlier than August 15 and reconnaissance of essential targets in different components of the nation,” Singh said.
He said that the Jammu police first arrested JeM’s Muntazir Manzoor alias Saifulla of Prichoo Pulwama and recovered one pistol, one magazine, eight live rounds and two Chinese hand grenades from his possession. His truck used for transporting weapons to the Kashmir valley was also seized.
The officer said based on leads provided by Manzoor, the other three terrorists were arrested. One was apprehended from the Shamli area of Uttar Pradesh.
“Ijahar Khan alias Sonu Khan of Mirdan Mohalla Kandala, Shamli (UP) was arrested and he disclosed that the Jaish commander in Pakistan namely Munazir alias Shahid had asked him to collect weapons from near Amritsar which would be dropped by a drone. He was also asked by Jaish to do reconnaissance of Panipat oil refinery which he did and sent videos to Pakistan. He was then tasked to do the reconnaissance of Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi but was arrested before he could accomplish this task,” Singh mentioned.
He mentioned that one other arrested terrorist recognized as Touseef Ahmed Shah alias Showket alias Adnan of Jeff, Shopian was tasked by Jaish commander Shahid and one other Jaish terrorist by the identify Abrar in Pakistan to take up an lodging in Jammu, which he did.
“He was then requested to acquire a second hand motorbike for inflicting an IED blast in Jammu. The IED for this function could be dropped by a drone. Touseef was arrested earlier than he might full this job,” he mentioned.
He said that the fourth terrorst, identified as Jahangir Ahmed Bhat of Bandzoo Pulwama who also was arrested, is a fruit merchant from Kashmir. He was constantly in touch with Shahid in Pakistan and had introduced Ijahar Khan to him.
“He was further recruiting for Jaish in the Kashmir valley and in the rest of the country,” the officer mentioned.
The officer additional revealed that with the arrest of the 4 Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists by the Jammu police a significant terror plot has been busted.
“The questioning of all of the 4 terrorists is occurring and we count on extra arrests within the coming days,” he mentioned.
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