Major terror plan foiled as Jammu Police arrest three with huge quantity of arms, ammunition
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 9: The Jammu Police here on Wednesday foiled a major terror plan by arresting three people including two terror associates and seized huge quantity of arms and ammunition from them.
Giving details, police said that during the intervening night of November 8-9, a police party of Trikuta Nagar police station was regulating the movement of vehicular traffic on the National highway. During the said exercise, an oil tanker bearing registration number JK02BF 2965 stationed at Narwal was asked to move forward.
As the truck stopped again near Environment Park, a police patrolling party again asked its driver move forward who, however, took a U-turn and again stopped at the initial point i.e Narwal. This time while de-congesting the area, it was noticed that it had been the same truck which was asked earlier also to move forward.
On questioning, the truck driver rather than giving a satisfactory answer, along with his two associates entered into a scuffle with the police party. At this, the truck driver Mohammad Yaseen of Puchil Pampora and two associates, Farhan Farooq and Farooq Ahmed, both Drangbal Pampore, were arrested and taken to the Bahu Fort Police Station where an FIR No. 284 U/S 353 was registered against them.
After legal formalities, a signal was sent to the concerned Police Stations having jurisdiction over the native places of the accused so as to ascertain their antecedents. On this it came to the notice that the truck driver was involved in a case registered under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in Awantipore.
According to report received from concerned police station, he was a close associate of Jaish-e-Mohammad. On this, suspicion arose and the Police party started questioning about the reason behind the unusual behaviour last night and to know about the association with the terrorists, if any.
After sustained interrogation the driver Mohammad Yaseen disclosed that they have come to Jammu to pick up weapons on behest of Shahbaaz, a JeM handler who is in Pakistan who had asked him to hand these over to a militant in the Valley. He also confessed that he has concealed a consignment of arms and ammunition in the oil tanker.
Upon this the tanker was again searched in presence of a magistrate and the recoveries made thereof included three AK-56 rifles, one pistol, nine magazines, 191 rounds of ammunition, six grenades.
The consistent effort of Jammu Police in this case made the arrest of 3 person, which includes 2 Terror associates and recoveries of huge consignment of Arms and ammunition possible.
