Authorities in Rajouri have booked a Over Ground Worker (OGW) under Public Safety Act. A senior police officer said the arrested OGW as Waqar Hussain Bajran, son of Manir Hussain resident of Village Bhanghai in Tehsil Thanamandi of Rajouri.
He has been booked under Public Safety Act for facilitating the movement of militants, he said. The accused is indulged in ‘Anti-national’ activities and was working as active guide / facilitator for militant organisations till his arrest, he said.
Earlier he had also visited the Gulf countries viz Saudi Arabia and from where he came into the contacts of militant organisation and was actively involved in providing logistics support to the militant outfit, he said.
FIR no. 223/2021 U/s 307/120-B/121/122/212/216 IPC r/w 7/27 Arms Act, 13 ULA was also registered against him in Police Station Thanamandi and keeping in view the activities of accused as he poses threat to the security of the state and under these circumstances he was ordered to be detained under Public Safety Act, officer said.
He said that aggressive counter insurgency operations are going on in the area against those facilitating militants in any way.
