Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist from the Samba district of Jammu involved in the killing of three Bharatiya Janata Party workers and one policeman in Kashmir last year, officials said on Saturday.
According to the details, a team of police from Anantnag has arrested the terrorist, who was later identified as Zahoor Ahmad Rather alias Sahil alias Khalid of TRF.
“He had been hiding in Bari Brahman. He had killed three BJP workers in Vessu, Kulgam last year and one policeman at Furrah in Kulgam,” Kumar said.
Further details by the top Kashmir police officer stated the arrested terrorist was involved in the killing of three BJP workers in Kulgam last year and one policeman at Furra in the South Kashmir district.
The security officials said Rather took arms training in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in 2004 after which he infiltrated into India along with five foreign terrorists. He had surrendered in 2006 but joined TRF last year.
However, he surrendered in 2006 but got recycled into militancy last year after joining the TRF. The interrogation of the captured terrorist is underway. Police expect to recover information which could lead to further arrests.
