JeM militant associate held: Police

Srinagar: Police on Friday said that it has arrested a militant associate of Jaish e Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit.
A police statement issued on Friday said “ a police party from Kulgam have arrested a most wanted militant associate identified as Muneeb Ahmad Sofi son of Bilal Ahmad Sofi resident of Kanelwan Bejbehara linked with Jaish e Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit from Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi after his deportation from Qatar”.
Stating that as per police records, Muneeb Ahmad Sofi was involved in case FIR No. 58/2020 u/s 13,18,19,38,39 ULA (P) of PS Devsar regarding collection of funds for militant outfit JeM, police in it’s statement disclosed that during the course of investigation of the said case, one militant associate was arrested who revealed that he along with other militant associates were collecting money from various districts in Kashmir Valley for militant outfit Jaish e Mohammad (JeM) and the said collected amount was handed over to Muneeb Ahmad Sofi who was staying in Qatar & was in contact with a Pakistan based militant identified as Waleed Bhai for purchasing of arms and ammunition from Pakistan”. The police in it’s statement also said that militant Waleed Bhai linked with JeM was eliminated in an encounter at Kulgam last year.
In the concluding para of it’s statement police said “a look out notice was published against Muneeb Ahmad Sofi and a non-bailable warrant u/s 25 Police Act was obtained from the concerned court. Consequent upon the deportation of the said accused from Qatar to India, he was arrested at IGI Airport New Delhi. Further investigation is in progress”.