Hindustan Times ST (Jaipur)

Wanted Hizbul militant arrested in Kishtwar

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JAMMU:

A wanted Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, who was luring youths into militancy, was arrested on Sunday in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior police officer said. Reyaz Ahmad, a resident of Sounder Dachhan village and a close associate of hardcore terrorist Mohammad Amin alias ‘Jhangir’, was arrested by a police party based on specific informatio­n from the town, senior superinten­dent of police, Kishtwar, Rajinder Gupta told PTI. He said several pictures of Ahmad holding an AK assault rifle had gone viral on social media in the recent past and his name also surfaced during interrogat­ion of two of his associates who were arrested in the town on July 1. Following the arrest of his two associates, a case was registered at the Kishtwar police station. The officer said Ahmad was also involved in another case related to militancy in the Parimpora locality of Srinagar.

publicity. Should be given befitting reply.” Guha identified this Twitter user RK Yadav as “a former official of the Research and Analysis Wing”, and reported the matter to the social media site on Sunday. Guha said: “I would like to place it on record, and will do with every subsequent threat received.” He also said: “I have received threatenin­g calls from a man calling himself Sanjay from Delhi. He threatened my wife as well as me.”

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