Man ‘wanted’ for Kulgam attack held

JAIPUR: The Jammu and Kashmir Police in a joint operation with the Railway Protection Force (RPF) have detained three men who are suspected to be involved in the killing of a police constable in Kashmir’s Kulgam district on October 14, officials said Saturday.

The three men, all from J&K, were travelling in the JammuTawi Express and were detained near Medta City in Nagaur district on Thursday.

They had boarded the train from Ahmedabad.

According to the senior officials of the Rajasthan Police’s anti-terrorism squad (ATS), one of the men is a named accused in the attack on a police vehicle in Kulgam, in which constabledriver Khurshid Ahmad Tak was killed. “The men were detained on Thursday. One of the detained suspects, Sohail Khan Gani is a named accused in the killing of Ahmad on October 14,” said inspector general of police, ATS, Biju George Joseph.

The police said that the men were detained after a tip off by the J&K Police.

“The trio had boarded the train at Ahmedabad and identified themselves as some apple merchants. It is yet to be ascertained whether the two others with Sohail had any role to play in the attack,” said the police officer.

Officials from the Rajasthan ATS informally questioned the trio to determine whether they were planning to carry out any illegal activities in the desert state.