Three Lashkar Terrorists Arrested In Sopore

Three Lashkar terrorists arrested in Sopore were about to target certain people and attack the police Naka Party.

In Sopore, security forces arrested three Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists on Monday evening, foiling the terror attack plot.

In addition to the targeted killing of certain people on all three nights, they were going to carry out the attack on the Naka party of the security forces.

Three pistols and cash worth about Rs 79,800 were also found in them.

A police spokesman said that the Sopore police had come to know from their system in the evening that three Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists are going to execute the conspiracy of target killing in Sopore.

They may also attack the Naka party of the security forces in the Vandura area.

Police along with 22 RR and CRPF jawans of the army blocked the Sonarwani bridge near Vadurabala village.

At around 7.30 pm after sunset, the Naka party saw three suspicious youths approaching the bridge.

The soldiers warned the suspicious youths and asked them to stop.

The three suspicious youths understood that the Naka was for them only. They immediately tried to run back and allegedly opened fire to stop the security forces.

The chasing soldiers took full restraint while protecting themselves. Keeping in view the presence of common people did not open fire and, proving his professional ability, caught the three youths.

When all three were searched, three pistols, three magazines, 22 bullets, one grenade, and Rs 79800 were found from them.

When the security forces interrogated, it came to know that the three are the same terrorists of Lashkar, about whom the Naka was raised after getting information.

Police have identified them as Tufail Ahmed Mir son of Abdul Majeed Mir resident of Gund Mohalla, Barat Kalan.

Owais Ahmed Mir son of Hasan Mir resident of Mir Mohalla, Barat Kalan, and Shabbir Ahmed Wage son of Nazir Ahmed Wage resident of Masjid Mohalla, Pethabag.

In the preliminary investigation, these three terrorists admitted that they are associated with the terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba.

A case has been registered against the trio at the police station, Bomai. Police officials say that the investigation is still on. Based on the interrogation, more arrests are also expected in the coming days.