JAMMU: J&K Police’s special operations group (SOG) on Sunday detained Seeba, wife of Lashkar-e-Mustafa chief Hidayatullah Malik, for questioning a day after the ‘A’ category terrorist was arrested with a pistol and grenade from Jammu city’s outskirts.
“An LLM student at Kashmir University, Seeba was detained from her sister’s residence in Jammu city. She was quizzed about her role in helping Malik,” said a source. Besides detaining her, police on Sunday also arrested another two others from Jammu the landlords who had rented out their houses without getting the police verification of their tenants done.
The arrest of the self-styled commander came after a series of terrorists’ arrests. The first arrest in this chain was of Ayaz Bhat of Anantnag on January 18, from whom a pistol was recovered. On his disclosure, two more terror associates, Rayees Mir of Pampore and Shakir Itoo of Shopian, were arrested with grenades. Later, four more terror associates were arrest
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J&K police arrest LeM chief planning major terror strike in Jammu city
Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday arrested one of the most wanted terrorists and self-styled commander of Lashkar-e-Mustafa, thus foiling a major terror strike in the Union Territory. According to the police, the arrested terrorist is believed to be from a frontal organization of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). Commenting on the development, a police spokesperson said the arrest of Hidayatullah Malik alias Hasnain, an A category terrorist from the Shopian district, when he was in a private car was made by a joint team of Anantnag and Jammu police from Kunjwani area in the outskirts of Jammu city.Â
SRINAGAR – The arrest of the self-styled chief of the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Mustafa Feb. 6 is a major success for the Jammu and Kashmir police, officials said.
Hidayatullah Malik, chief of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Mustafa, arrested in Jammu
Malik was arrested from Jammu following a joint operation by Jammu and Anantnag police. (File photo: ANI)
Updated: Feb 6, 2021, 10:05 PM IST
In order to dismantle the structure of Lashkar-e-Mustafa (LeM) a front organisation of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), the efforts of Anantnag Police led to the arrest of its self styled chief Hidayatullah Malik.
Malik was arrested from Jammu following a joint operation by Jammu and Anantnag police. Hidayatullah Malik, a categorised terrorist, has been arrested near Kunjwani in Jammu. A pistol and a grenade have been recovered from his possession. When we went to arrest him, he attacked the police party, said the Jammu Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shridhar Patil.