Militant associate arrested in Awantipora, incriminating materials recovered: Police

Srinagar : Police in Awantipora have arrested a militant associate of proscribed terror outfit JeM and recovered incriminating materials from his possession.
A police statement issued on Monday reads “ based on specific information regarding presence of militants of JeM militant outfit in village Larow Jagir Tral, Police along with 42RR and 180Bn CRPF launched a search operation in the area and during searches arrested one militant associate of JeM militant outfit identified as Muzamil Qadir Bhat resident of Larow Jagir Tral was arrested”.
Claiming that incriminating material of JeM militant outfit has been recovered from the possession of the detained militant associate, police in it’s statement further said “ one hand grenade was also recovered which the detained militant associate had concealed in the compound of his home”.
The above referred police statement further reads “ preliminary investigation reveals that the arrested militant associate was in contact with terrorist commanders of JeM in Tral and across the country”, adding that “ all the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation and a case FIR No 13/2021 under relevant sections of law has been registered in Police Station Tral and further investigation has been initiated”.