NIA arrests Ghaznavi force militant from JK

Ghaznavi Force outfit militant Shahid Naveed was arrested by NIA from Srinagar Airport. Police said the accused and his accomplice were allegedly planning to attack temples in the Jammu region to create communal disturbances.

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday arrested Ghaznavi Force outfit militant from Srinagar airport. The accused has been apprehended two months after his accomplice was allegedly plotting to attack temples to create communal disturbances was held.

The arrestee has been identified as Shahid Naveed and is a resident of the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Naveed's alleged accomplice Sher Ali was arrested from the Jammu airport on February 17.

Police said the two were allegedly planning to attack temples in the Jammu region to create communal disturbances.

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“He (Ali) was the main coordinator and facilitator of terrorist activities of various terrorist groups involving facilitating infiltration of terrorists, smuggling of arms and ammunition, narcotics from PoJK (Pakistan occupied Jammu & Kashmir) to Indian Territory from Balakote area of Poonch district,” said a police spokesman.

The spokesman added he was also involved in many other cases in the Poonch district.

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Ali is accused of helping two Pakistan terrorists infiltrate into the Indian side from PoK from the Dabbi area of the Balakote sector in November at the behest of a Pakistani handler identified as Sultan.

“The two terrorists of JK Ghaznavi Force were later killed in an encounter on December 13 in Poshana area of Surankote in Poonch district,” said the spokesman. Ali was also allegedly involved in the smuggling of arms and ammunition including three pistols and one Improvised Explosive Device.

The receiver of these arms and ammunition Mushtaq Ahmed [father of Sher Ali] and Raskeem Akhter [sister of Sher Ali] were arrested by Poonch Police on September 11 last year.

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