2 men held while going to PoK

SRINAGAR: Two men on their way to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), allegedly to receive training as militants, were nabbed in the frontier district of Kupwara in north Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.

“They identified themselves as Danish Ghulam Lone, 20, and Suhail Ahmad Bhat, 21, both from Pulwama,” Kupwara’s senior superintendent of police, Shamsheer Hussain, said.

The men were arrested after a cordon was laid in the area and they were found moving suspiciously in their attempts to cross over to the other side, Hussain said.

“Some incriminating documents, including the map of areas adjoining the LoC (Line of Control) and some posters of HM outfit, were also recovered from the possession of the arrested youths,” he added.

The men disclosed during preliminary interrogation that they were motivated by an active Hizbul Mujahideen militant, Adnan, operating in Pulwama/Awantipora of south Kashmir, to join the militant

ranks and go to PoK for arms training, police said.

“They further disclosed that Adnan had also asked them to visit Central Jail Srinagar and meet an HM cadre, Ishaq Paul, a militant under detention,” Hussain said.

India accuses Pakistan of training and then sending militants across the border to launch attacks and support a separatist movement against the government. Pakistan denies the allegations.