Highlights
Rather took arms training in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
Police termed the arrest as a major breakthrough
New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested a top terrorist affiliated with The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) terror outfit, in connection with the killing of three BJP workers and a policeman in south Kashmir last year.
The terrorist identified as Zahoor Ahmad Rather alias Sahil , “Khalid” was arrested in Samba district of Jammu region. A specific information by Anantnag police led to the arrest of Rather.
“Rather was a resident of south Kashmir who had reportedly moved to Samba to receive an arms consignment from Pakistan. He was arrested from his rented accommodation in Bari Brahmana area during a joint raid by Anantnag and Samba police,” a senior police official was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.