Police in Jammu and Kashmir say they arrested two Hizb ul Mujahideen rebels during the intervening night and recovered arms from them.
A police officer told Kashmir Dispatch that during a operation they arrested the rebels, Parvaiz Ahmad Mir resident of Anderg and Showkat ahmad Ganie resident of Andergam from Pattan area of Kashmir’s Varmul district. “During an operation after receiving specific inputs about presence of two rebels, we arrested them in Pattan,” the officer said.
Official further said they have recovered:
1. AK47 with UBGL(- 01)
2. AK56( 01)
3. 40mm Russian grenade launcher ( 01)
4. AK Magazines-( 04)
5. Kenwood R/S Chinese – 02
6. 40mm grenade UBGL – 04
7. 7.62mm SLR amn – 120
8. 7.62mm AK amn – 441
9. Pouches – 02 Nos
From arrested rebels and further investigation is underway.