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Woman among 5 terrorist harbourers arrested

Woman among 5 terrorist harbourers arrested

Author: Excelsior Correspondent
Publication: The Daily Excelsior
Date: October 10, 2001

KATHUA, Oct 9: In a major break-through, the district police have arrested five active harbourers-cum-guides of the terrorists including a woman from Billawar tehsil and virtually worked out the killings of two brothers in Ghati area few days back.

The terrorist harbourers were actively engaged in taking infiltrating Pakistani terrorists from Kathua to upper reaches of Udhampur and Doda districts. This way, they had successfully helped several terrorist groups to reach their destinations.

Arrested terrorists have been identified as Mohd Ashraf son of Ghulam Mohd Bhat of Khaned, Udhampur, presently putting up in Lohai, Mohd Abbas son of Abdul Sattar of Khaned, presently Malhar Daed, Billawar, Shamshad Begum wife of Mohd Abbas R/o Khaned, presently Daed, Billawar, Nizam Din son of Khalid R/o Khaned, presently Lohai and Mohd Rafiq son of Samdu R/o Khaned.

SP Kathua Manohar Singh said police parties across the district were on look-out for the sympathisers of terrorists, who were assisting infiltrators in reaching safe hideouts. Besides, police also had confirmed reports of some local persons assisting Pakistan-backed terrorists in killing two brothers Madan Singh and Raj Singh sons of Govind Singh R/o Ghati.

Accordingly, several police teams led by DySP (Operations) Kathua under the supervision of SP Manohar Singh were activated. During week long investigations, police identified the harbourers of the terrorists and arrested five of them.

Four more local harbourers of the terrorists have also been identified by police but they were absconding from their houses, SP Kathua said, adding all of them were Kashmiris settled at Khaned, Basantgarh. They had recently settled in Billawar as per a strategy to assist the terrorists.

"None of the arrested persons was a Gujjar. Infact, involvement of the Gujjars has not at all surfaced in the kidnapping and killing of two brothers. Reports published to this effect have not been substantiated", Manohar Singh said. He said Gujjar leaders were fully co-operating with police.

Police sources said Mohd Ashraf and Mohd Abbas were working as guides with Shakeel Ansari group of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit for last about three years. They used to identify safe routes for Pakistani infiltrators from Kathua to Udhampur and Doda. In the process Shamshad Begum wife of Mohd Abbas used to play a vital role by carrying wireless sets and small weapons like Mousers and revolvers as ladies are hardly frisked by cops.

Duo, according to sources, have confessed during preliminary questioning by police that they helped in guiding two groups of active terrorists from Hiranagar International Border to Khaned in Basantgarh. First group comprising four militants , who were guided from Hiranagar to Panjtirthi to Billawar from where they were taken to Udhampur forests by Nizam Din.

This particular group of the terrorists was intercepted by police in Mastgarh Fort in Rajbagh area but they managed to escape in view of darkness. The terrorist group, which killed two brothers, was guided by Ali Mohd of Pakistan and Farooq Ahmed of Khaned.

Arrested persons have also named the terrorists involved in the killing of a Forest guard at Malhar last year, killing of a Panch at Loha Nathi in Malhar in May this year and an IED blast at Machhedi last year.

Further investigations in the case were on.
 


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