4 newly-recruited militants arrested in J&K (Lead)
Sunday - August 26, 2018 11:02 am ,
Category : INDIA
Srinagar Aug 26 (IANS) The security forces said on Sunday that four newly recruited militants were arrested with arms and ammunition in Jammu and Kashmir s Kupwara district.
"They were arrested in the upper reaches of Kalaroos forests in Handwara while they were attempting to exfiltrate across the Line of Control (LoC) " a Defence Ministry statement said here. "Upon receiving a tip-off about the militants being guided by three Al Badr terrorists the Army in a joint operation with the police laid an ambush and trapped them." After a brief gunfight the militants surrendered. "The three other terrorists managed to flee and a search operation is on to trace them " the statement added. The four youths from Kupwara district were arrested barely 24 hours after their pictures showing them wielding AK Rifles went viral on social media.
--IANS sq/ksk
"They were arrested in the upper reaches of Kalaroos forests in Handwara while they were attempting to exfiltrate across the Line of Control (LoC) " a Defence Ministry statement said here. "Upon receiving a tip-off about the militants being guided by three Al Badr terrorists the Army in a joint operation with the police laid an ambush and trapped them." After a brief gunfight the militants surrendered. "The three other terrorists managed to flee and a search operation is on to trace them " the statement added. The four youths from Kupwara district were arrested barely 24 hours after their pictures showing them wielding AK Rifles went viral on social media.
--IANS sq/ksk
