Hizbul Mujahideen module busted in Kashmir (Lead)

Srinagar July 16 (IANS) A Hizbul Mujahideen recruitment module has been busted in Jammu and Kashmir s Baramulla district.

"This module was being led by Hizbul commander Parvez Wani a resident of Handwara " a police officer said on Sunday.

"Three persons were arrested following the raid (on Saturday). The module had plans to send boys to Pakistan for training in terrorist camps " he said.

One of those arrested Abdul Rashid Bhat visited Pakistan in May and obtained training in the Khalid Bin Waleed camp run by the Hizb in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

"He got visa from the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi on the recommendation of a separatist organisation."

Arms ammunition and Rs 1 lakh in cash were recovered from the arrested persons.

--IANS
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