The J&Ok Police arrested a neighborhood youth from Budgam, who was about to hitch terrorist ranks on the motivation of some Pakistani primarily based terrorist handlers. Representative picture
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The J&Ok Police on Thursday stated it arrested a neighborhood youth from Budgam, “who was about to join terrorist ranks on the motivation of some Pakistani based terrorist handlers”.
“One hard-core and radicalised individual, Waseem Ahmed Shaikh, from Beerwah, Budgam, was about to join terrorist ranks on the motivation of some Pakistani based terrorist handlers. However, the Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) has managed to arrest him,” the police stated.
The police investigation recommended that the arrested youth “was a part of many WhatsApp and Telegram groups, associated with terrorist outfits”.
“Further investigation is on to identify other members of such groups to take further legal actions against them,” the police stated.
The police stated it had obtained an enter that terrorist outfit Ansar Gazwat-Ul-Hind, an offshoot of ISIS/ISKP, was attempting to re-establish its base and revive its cadres in Kashmir.
“One Pakistan-based terror handler of AuGH, identified as Hamzah alias Gazi, has been brainwashing and radicalizing Kashmiri youth to join terrorist ranks,” the police stated.
According to the police, the AuGH has “brainwashed and cultivated few committed hybrid over ground workers in Kashmir valley and they in connivance with Pakistani terrorist handlers were planning a terrorist recruitment drive in the valley”.
The police stated the arrest has resulted in busting of a terrorist recruitment module of the AuGH terrorist outfit. “Several youths have been saved from joining terrorism,” the police stated.
The J&Ok Police urged the mother and father “to keep an eye on the activities of their children using social media”.
Meanwhile, the police in Baramulla connected the property, together with six Kanals and 10 Marlas land, of an alleged terror handler primarily based in Pakistan.
The police recognized him as Adrees Ahmad Mir, a resident of Singtung Gowhallan Uri, Baramulla. “In the first four months of the current year, the police in Baramulla have attached 46 kanals of land belonging to 11 terror handlers who are currently operating from Pakistan,” the police stated.