As security forces intensify checking and search operations ahead of the Independence Day, two terrorist associates were nabbed in a successful operation on Friday. On a specific input, a search operation was launched in Tral area of Pulwama district and two terror associates of proscribed outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed were arrested by Awantipora Police along with 42 RR and 180 Bn CRPF. Arrested terror associates have been identified as Reyaz Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Amirabad Tral, and Mohd Umer Tantray, a resident of Aripal Tral. An FIR has been registered against the said arrested terror associates in Police Station Tral under relevant sections of law, police said. Earlier on Tuesday, a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist and his four associates were apprehended along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district.

Source: dna August 14, 2020 11:15 UTC