Jalandhar/Oct, 10: Three Kashmiri students were on Wednesday arrested by the Punjab Police in a joint operation with the Jammu and Kashmir Police in Jalandhar city along with explosives and weapons, claimed the Punjab police, in a statement.
“The students were nabbed from the hostel of CT Institute of Engineering Management and Technology, located in Shahpur on the outskirts of Jalandhar,” DGP Suresh Arora was quoted as having said, in the statement.
It claimed the joint team, which conducted a raid at the hostel early today morning, also recovered two weapons, including an assault rifle, as well as explosives from the hostel room of B Tech (Civil) student of 2nd semester, Zahid Gulzar of Rajpora, Awantipora.
“Zahid was detained along with Mohd Idriss Shah @ Nadeem of Pulwama J&K, and Yusuf Rafiq Bhatt of Noorpura, Pulwama J&K,” it claimed.
The Punjab police chief said the arrests followed the development and corroboration of various leads/inputs about the presence and activities of certain militant organizations/individuals operating in J&K and Punjab.
“A case (FIR no. 166 dated 10.10.18, u/s 121, 121-A, 120-B IPC and 25/54/59 Arms Act, 3/4/5 Explosive Act, 10/13/17/18/ 18-B/20/38/39/40 Unlawful Prevention Act) has been registered in PS Sadar Jalandhar in this regard,” he said.
