Two terror associates held in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama

Two terrorist associates with incriminating material of proscribed outfit Hizbul Mujahideen and Al-Badr were arrested from Awantipora and Khrew areas of Jammu and Kashmir. An FIR has been registered by the police and investigations have been initiated.

Srinagar: Two associates of militants were arrested in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir and incriminating material was seized from their possession, police said on Saturday.

The two were arrested from Awantipora and Khrew areas of the south Kashmir district.

Police said incriminating material of proscribed terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen and Al-Badr has been recovered from the terror associates.

An FIR has been registered by the police and investigations have been initiated.

Meanwhile, three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were also arrested by a joint team of security forces from the Rajouri district here on Saturday. In a press conference, J-K's Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh said that Pakistan is trying to promote terrorism in every possible way in Jammu and Kashmir by providing all support to terror groups.

"Pakistan is trying to promote terrorism in every possible way in Jammu and Kashmir by providing all support to terror groups. We will deal with drug smugglers strictly. Pakistan is using narco-terrorism for terror funding," he said. He added that the neighbouring country is also trying to infiltrate terrorists, and using drones to drop weapons in India.

"Pakistan is trying to disturb peace in J-K by using drones to drop weapons. They are also trying to infiltrate terrorists. Dropping of weapons by drone is challenging but we have been able to restrict such acts and have got some success," Singh said.

(With input from agencies)