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Top terrorist associated with Lashkar’s proxy TRF wanted for killing of BJP leaders arrested
India
Updated: Saturday, February 13, 2021, 9:51 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 13: The Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested a Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist involved in the killing of 3 BJP activists last year in Kulgam.
The Anantnag police in a midnight operation made the arrest in the Samba Sector with the help of the local police. The arrested operative has been identified as Zahoor Ahmad Rather.
Zahoor Ahmad Rather
Rather is associated with The Resistance Front, a wing of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba. The police say that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and the Resistance Front were behind the killing of a BJP leader and two of his associates last year.
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.
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