Militant module busted in B’pora, Attempt to revive militancy in the distt foiled: Police

Srinagar: Police on Saturday said that sleuths of police along with 26 Assam Rifles and 3rd BN CRPF busted a militant module in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district and foiled an attempt of Pak based militant handlers in reviving militancy in the district.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar Police said that on 25th of August, based on a specific input generated by J&K police about the movement of a hybrid militants, a checkpoint was established by the joint party in Dardgund area, jurisdiction of Police Station Pethkoot, adding therein that at the checkpoint, a suspicious person who on noticing the joint party tried to flee but he was apprehended tactfully and during search, one pistol, one pistol magazine, 8 rounds and other incriminating material were recovered from the possession of the accused identified as Shafayat Zubair Rishi of Nesbal Sumbal. Police in it’s statement further said that during questioning, the accused disclosed that he was on way to collect a cache of arms and ammunition from a lady identified as Munira Begum W/o killed militant & area commander Yousuf Choupan in Pazalpora area.
Stating that the accused was in touch with Pak based militant handler Mushtaq Ahmad Mir who ex-filtrated to Pak in 1999 and was working on revival of militants in the district, Police in it’s above referred statement further said that the accused was involved in the year 2000 Kothibagh IED blast in which 14 people including 12 police personnel were killed and had remained associated with Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit and later on with Al-Badr militant outfot, adding therein that Shafayat Zubair Rishi is also involved in burning an Army vehicle in Sumbal in 2009 and is out on bail in the said case.
Police in it’s above statement furthermore said that on the disclosure of Munira Begum, cache of arms and ammunition including one Krinkov AK-47 rifle, 3 magazines, 90 rounds and one pen pistol that was to be delivered to Shafait Reshi was recovered from the nearby forest area and during questioning, it also figured that Munira has also gone to Pak twice. In it’s statement police further said “Shafayat Rishi also admitted that he was about to receive 47 lakhs for the revival of militants and later, this money was to be handed over to someone as per the requirement and directions of his across handler Mushtaq Ahmad Mir’, reads the above referred police statement.
In the concluding para of it’s statement police said that acase under relevant sections of law has been registered and further investigation is underway.