Srinagar: Police on Saturday claimed to have busted a module of Jash-e-Mohammad militant outfit allegedly involved in grenade throwing case in Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
On 25 January 2019, a grenade was hurled on SBI camp of 179BN CRPF at Sopore, however the grenade missed the target and exploded outside the camp in which no one person got injured, a police spokesman said. In this connection, a case FIR No. 13/2019 under relevant sections of law was registered in Police Station Sopore and investigation of the case was set into motion, he said.
During the course of investigation, he said, three suspected persons namely Ghulam Qadir Rather alias Kasir son of Mohammad Shafi Rather resident of Tarzoo Sopore, Aijaz Ahmad Khan son of Gh. Mohd Khan resident of Naseem Bagh Sopore and Owais Khalid Dar son of Ghulam Mohd Dar resident of Nageenbagh Krankshivan Colony Sopore were detained by police for questioning.
During questioning, he said, they “confessed” to it.
“It was further revealed that the JeM militant active in Sopore provided two grenades to these individuals for throwing on the (government) forces to cause damage to life and property and instill fear psychosis among the general public,” he said, adding, “Moreover, one grenade was also recovered from them.”
Accordingly they have been “formally” arrested in the case and further investigation of the case was going on, the spokesman added.
