8 LeT militant recruits arrested in Kashmir

Srinagar, Oct 27: Eight Let

have been arrested today by the security forces in North Kashmir. The security forces have also claimed that they have busted a module of the terror outfit and have curbed a major terror plan.

Huge cachements of arms and ammunitions were seized from Sopore district. Sources said, eight UBGL, five Chinese grenades and 100 AK-47 rounds have been seized from them, adding involvement of these militants in "other actions of terrorism and subversive actions is being probed".

A police source said,"Police in Sopore (in Baramulla district), with the help of 30 Rashtriya Rifles(RR), have busted a recruitment module of militant outfit Laskhar-e-Toiba, thus averting a major terror and subversion plan of the militants. Eight members of the module were arrested from different parts of Sopore town and adjoining areas."

The spokesperson also said that the militants were all locals who had been hired to execute militant activities.

The police further added,"The local boys were recruited into the outfit, which is building a network of LeT operatives. They were bent upon executing various militant actions in and around the township in conspiracy with one foreign terrorist of LeT, Umer Khitab, a Pakistani national, who is operating in Sopore. Khitab has been taking directions from another LeT man Hanzulla, also a Pakistani national."

Three of the militants, Rayees Ahmad Bhat, Sajad Ahmad Bhat and Shabir Ahmad Kumar are residents of Harwan, Sopore. The remaining five, Lateef Ahmad Gujar, Zubair Ahmad Gujar, Mohammad Qasim Gujar, Mohammad Iqbal Gujar and Hakim Din Gujar are residents of Gujarpatti Zaloora village, the spokesman said.

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