LeT men arrested for attacking army on eve of PM Manmohan Singh’s Visit

SRINAGAR: Two persons were arrested on Friday on charges of criminal conspiracy and providing logistic support to Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, who had carried out an audacious attack on an Army convoy on the eve of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the Kashmir Valley in June. The June 24 attack had left eight soldiers dead and 16 others injured.

“Naveed-ul-Islam of Mouchwa and Bilal Ahmad Lone of Channapora were arrested for criminal conspiracy and providing logistic support to Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) militants who carried out the attack on June 24,” Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, AG Mir told reporters here.

He also identified the LeT militants who attacked the Army convoy as Irshad Ahmad Ganai alias “Abu Abdullah”, a resident of Awantipora, and his Pakistani associate Abu Hamza alias “Zeeshan”. “The attack was masterminded by Divisional Commander of LeT, Qasim, on the directions of outfit’s Pakistan-occupied Kashmir based commanders Hanzullah Adnan and Ahmad Bhai,” he said. A group of 10 LeT militants had come from north Kashmir’s Sopore area to south Kashmir, which included the militants who carried out the attack on the Army convoy here, a day ahead of Manmohan Singh’s arrival.

4th man killed in CRPF firing at Shopian LeT man

SRINAGAR: J&K Police has said the fourth man killed in CRPF firing at Shopian on Sep 7 was LeT militant Abdullah Haroon. “That is established. The person who was killed in Gagran (Shopian) is Abdullah Haroon. Every evidence has substantiated that... It has been confirmed by our sources in various places,” Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) AG Mir said here. He said the slain militant was identified by a number of persons, including a top LeT commander Fahadullah, who was arrested by security forces in April this year. Many locals and separatists had alleged that the fourth person killed in the Sep 7 incident at Shopian was a non-Kashmiri labourer.