5 arrested for Chrar-e-Sharief terror attack
TNN Bureau. Updated: 3/18/2018 2:05:48 AM
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SRINAGAR: Barring one, all the terrorists involved in the killing of a Gurha Salathia cop in a terror attack at Charar-e-Shairef shrine in central Kashmir district of Badgam last month have been arrested. The arrests have been made in concern with the terror attack on revered shrine of Sufi saint Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani on February 25 when terrorists fired at Constable Kultar Singh of the Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police 13th Battalion guarding a security guard post outside the shrine of and escaped with his service rifle (SLR).
According to a police statement, investigations revealed that Umar Farooq, a resident of Pulwama district, along with five other accomplices - Shahid Ahmad, Shahid Khurshid, Imran Feroz, all residents of Pulwama and Mudasir Ahmad Wani and Towheed Rather, residents of Pampore, hatched a criminal conspiracy to snatch the weapon from the police guard deployed at the shrine.
The five carried out a recce of the area and the sentry post's location before executing the attack, it added.
"During investigations, while picking up vital evidence, police also seized the vehicle used for commission of the crime by the group. Investigations have also led to clinching evidence against all the accused regarding their entering into conspiracy and commission of the crime," said the statement, adding that all the accused other than Shahid Ahmad have been arrested.
Investigation has also revealed that Shahid Ahmad has joined the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JJeM) outfit and is at large. Further investigation is being conducted expeditiously, it said.
In this regard, a case FIR number 06/2018 was registered in Police Station Char-i-Sharif under section 120-B, 302, 392 RPC, 7/27 of Arms Act, 16, 18, 20 Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
It may be recalled here that on the same day, terrorists had killed Constable Farooq Ahmad Yatoo, who was guarding separatist Fazal Haq Qureshi at his residence in Bilal Colony in the Soura area and decamped with Yatoo's service rifle.