Srinagar: Security forces on Monday arrested an overground worker of Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit and his associate, who were planning to target outside labourers, from Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. "Police in Awantipora along with security forces have arrested a Hybrid terrorist and his accomplice who were planning to target outside labourers," a police spokesman said. He said police also arrested one person for collecting funds in the name of banned organization Jamaat e Islam (JeI) in Baramulla.
On a specific input, security forces apprehended a suspect, Rayees Ahmad Mir, and recovered one Pistol along with ammunition from his possession, the spokesman said. During preliminary interrogation, the suspect disclosed that he received a Pistol with ammunition and instructions from an LeT terrorist, code name Haji, to attack and kill at least two outside labourers in Pampore town. Rayees was promised to be recruited as terrorist after execution of the attack, the spokesman said. Mir sought aid of his friend Shakir Hamid Bhat to identify the target and provide him motorcycle for executing this terror act, he added.