In a major breakthrough, a terrorist was arrested at midnight in a joint operation of the Anantnag Police and the Samba Police from the outskirts of Jammu city.
Anantnag Police arrested Zahoor Ahmad Rather, alias Khalid alias Sahil, a terrorist of TRF or The Resistance Front, a frontal name for Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, from Bari Brahmana in Samba district. The operation was assisted by Samba Police.
Zahoor had killed three BJP workers in Vessu, Kulgam district last year and one policeman at Furrah in the same district. The terrorist is the second-in-command at TRF after Abbas Sheikh.
Anantnag Police SSP Sandeep Chaudhary confirmed the development but refused to divulge further details. Anantnag Police would seek transit remand of Zahoor in a Jammu court on Saturday.
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.
JAMMU: In a big catch for J&K police, a self-styled commander of The Resistance Force (TRF) wanted for the killing of three BJP functionaries and a cop in separate attacks in Kulgam last October was arrested in Samba district late Friday, IGP (Kashmir range) Vijay Kumar said on Saturday.
The capture of Zahoor Ahmad Rather comes a week after the arrest of Lashkar-e-Mustafa commander Hidayatullah Malik in Jammu’s Kunjwani area on February 6. Zahoor, alias Sahil, was part of the group of terrorists that shot dead BJP trio Fida Hussain Yatoo, Umer Rashid Beigh and Umer Ramzan Haja in Kulgam’s YK Pora locality on October 29.
Was involved in killing of 3 BJP workers Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Feb 13: A top militant affiliated with The Resistance Front (TRF), wanted