Srinagar: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested two Over Ground Workers (OGWs) owing allegiance to Lashker-e-Toiba in Pattan area of Baramulla district in north Kashmir.
A police officer said that on March 27 it received reliable information that Showkat Ahmed Mir of Wussan and Showkat Ahmed Yatoo of Chanderhama were providing logistics to active militants of Lashker-e-Toiba militants—Saleem Parray of Hajin and Abu Zargam of Pakistan.
“Police, army, and CRPF successfully apprehended both of them regarding which FIR No 51/ 20 U/S 18,18B, 19,20,39 ULA(P) Act has been lodged in police station Pattan,” he said.
Preliminary questioning has revealed that Mir alias Showkat Moulvi and Yatoo were presently assigned the job of transporting Lashker cadre from one place to another besides providing shelter to them, he said.
“Moreover they were also assigned the job of recruiting young locals of Pattan into Lashkar –e-Toiba and recent missing boys of Wussan and Andergam were recruited by them.”
