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Publication: The Times of India
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Date: November 27, 2001
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1823854149
Srinagar: In what may be the first
action under the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance, a house
in downtown Srinagar has been sealed by the Jammu and Kashmir police for
providing a "safe hideout" to militants, official sources said Monday.
The house in Malik Saheb locality
in Safakadal area of the city which was being used by militants of the
al-Badr outfit was sealed by police on Sunday evening, they said.
A senior police officer said a hideout,
built quite immaculately within the inner walls of the house, was busted
and a pistol and a wireless set besides some ammunition were seized during
the operation.
The house owner, Ghulam Mohammad
Dar, has also been booked under various sections of POTO, he said.
The operation was launched following
information that the house was being used as a hideout by militants, the
officer said. (PTI)
