plot to attack a temple in Poonch in Jammu Kashmir was foiled and 3 Terrorist Arrest
Jammu. Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Sunday that it had arrested three terrorists belonging to Pakistan and recovered six grenades from them, thwarting the plot to attack a temple in the border Poonch district. Senior Superintendent of Police of Poonch, Ramesh Kumar Angral, said that the arrested people were plotting to attack a temple at the behest of the Pakistani mentor with the intention of disturbing peace and community harmony in the district. He told journalists in Poonch that the conspiracy was discovered when the Vishal Abhiyan Group (SOG) of the local police teamed up with 49 National Rifle personnel along with two brothers during a vehicle search near Basuni in Mendhar sector at around 8 pm on Saturday night. Mustafa Iqbal and Murtaza Iqbal detained. Both are residents of Galhuta village.
Instructions were given to attack grenade on the phone from Pakistani number
The officer said he was interrogated at the battalion headquarters of 49 National Rifles in Basuni and during interrogation it was found that Mustafa received a call from a Pakistani number and was instructed to carry out a grenade attack. “On strict interrogation, he confessed that he had been tasked to throw a grenade at a temple in the village of Ari.” A video was found in his mobile detailing how to use the grenade. “The Superintendent of Police said that it was also revealed that Mustafa was involved in terrorist activities and on the basis of his confession, the Dabbi of Balakote near the Line of Control. Two of his companions – Mohammad Yasin and Rais Ahmed were also arrested from the village.
3 arrested terrorists are being interrogated
Another police officer said that the three were later arrested while Murtuja Iqbal is in custody and is being interrogated. The senior superintendent of police said, “During the interrogation of the three, important clues have been discovered and searches were done at Mustafa’s house from where six grenades, some balloons with Pakistani markings and some posters of the hitherto unknown J&K Ghaznavi force were recovered He said that these arrested people were in regular contact with their masters in Pakistan who were instructing them for terrorist activities.
Terrorist plot to provoke communal violence averted
Describing the arrest of the three as “a great success” for the security forces, Englishman said that the terrorist plot to incite communal violence was averted by his arrest. He said, “If they were successful in their plan, they would have caused a lot of problems in front of them, because they were seeking to harm the brotherhood and communal harmony in the district.” The arrested persons and Dogrians of Poonch district When asked about the connection between the encounter on December 13 in the village, the senior superintendent of police said, “We are examining the route they (killed terrorists) used (to cross the Line of Control).” And we are also finding out who they contacted. Whether these individuals had any connection with them is part of the investigation. “It was a joint operation of the military and police based on intelligence,” said Colonel Devendra Anand, Army Public Relations Officer in Jammu. The captured terrorists may be from the Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi force.
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