J&K Police form team to probe constable’s murder in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Police have constituted a team to probe the killing of constable Tawseef Ahmad Wani, 29, in Srinagar’s Batamaloo area on Sunday.

Wani, who had joined the force two years ago, was shot dead in the second such targeted attack in the area within a month.

In October, an employee of the Power Development Department was killed in the locality.

Police said security forces conducted searches in the area soon after Wani’s killing two days after an exchange of fire at a hospital a few kilometres from the murder scene.

Srinagar has been under tight security since the killings of 11 civilians last month.

In September, Bantu Sharma of Railway Protection Force was shot dead at Wanpoh in the Kulgam district.

On August 3, a policeman and a civilian were injured when a police vehicle was fired upon in Srinagar’s Sheraz Chowk. Four days later, another policeman was killed in Kulgam.

In June, inspector Pervaiz Ahmad of the Criminal Investigation Department was shot dead near his residence in Srinagar’s Nowgam.

An off-duty policeman was shot dead near his house in Srinagar’s Saidapora area the same month.

Union home minister Amit Shah visited Ahmad’s family during his visit to Kashmir last month.

Lashkar terrorist arrested in Anantnag Security forces on Monday arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist from Anantnag district of Jammu & Kashmir, officials said.

A team of Jammu & Kashmir Police and Army apprehended the active terrorist from Wahadan village of Ashmuqam area in Anantnag during a search operation, the officials said.

They said the arrested terrorist was identified as Hafiz Abdullah Malik, who was affiliated with The Resistance Front (TRF), which is believed to be a shadow outfit of LeT.

A pistol and seven rounds were recovered from Malik’s possession at the time of his arrest while on his disclosure, the security forces recovered one AK rifle, two magazines and 40 rounds from Katsu forests.