Jammu: Plot to kill top jail officials foiled

Jammu, Nov 16: Jammu and Kashmir police have foiled a plot to assassinate two top jail officials, hatched by the Pakistan-based militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) inside the Kot Bhalwal Central Jail, sources said here today.

CID, Counter Intelligence, apprehended a contract killer Akash, alias Makora, a resident of Subash Nagar, who had been delivered a consignment by a HM commander for executing the task.

A pistol, delivered by the Anantnag-based commander of HM, Sajid Khan, a Pakistani, was recovered from Makora.

Sources said the plot to kill Kathua jail Superintendent Vinod Sharma and Deputy Superintendent Jagdish Kotwal was struck for Rs 7 lakh inside the high-security Kot Bhalwal Central Jail, a couple of months back.

UNI

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