Police on Sunday said that two LeT militant associates were booked under PSA in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
In a statement, the police said, “Two militant associates of LeT were detained under PSA , one namely Ishfaq Majeed Dar son of Ab Majeed Dar @Salahudin resindent of Saderkoot Bala who was a hard-core ANE’s and was in touch with Militant in Pakistan and was given the task by his handlers across the border to mobilise the youth in Bandipora for recruiting them into banned militant organization LeT and was further given the task to identify Police/ Crpf Naka’s in Hajin area of Bandipora along with co-ordinates for carrying militant attacks in the area”.
The statement further stated, “Another person namely Waseem Ahmad Malik @Obaid @ Osama son of Ab Gani Malik resident of Gundpora Rampora was also in touch with Pakistan based militant namely Hashir Parray whose module was recently busted by Bandipora police and was establishing new associates in Bandipora town and adjacent areas. He was working to lure the youth of Bandipora towards militant sympathizers and to establish militant sleeper cells in Bandipora district”.
Both the militant associates were detained under PSA, the statement added.