“Incriminating materials including flags, banners and letter pad have been recovered from their possession,” it added.
Police said that preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested duo was involved in grenade lobbing incidents in Pulwama and Kulgam districts of south Kashmir and made posters, banners and flags of the militant outfits on the directions of their handlers across borders for further distribution at various locations in central and south Kashmir.
The duo, as per police, was also actively involved in recruiting militants and OGWs with the aim to carry out militant activities in Budgam.
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Security forces on Sunday arrested two militant associates in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir and seized incriminating material from their possession, police said on Monday.
Sameer Ahmed Ittoo and Ubaid Ameen Mallah, residents of Kulgam district of south Kashmir, were arrested on Sunday, a police spokesperson said.
Two militant associates held in J&K s Budgam
Sameer Ahmed Ittoo and Ubaid Ameen Mallah, residents of Kulgam district of south Kashmir, were arrested on Sunday.
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SRINAGAR: Security forces have arrested two militant associates in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir and seized incriminating material from their possession, police said on Monday.
Sameer Ahmed Ittoo and Ubaid Ameen Mallah, residents of Kulgam district of south Kashmir, were arrested on Sunday, a police spokesperson said.
They are associates of proscribed terror outfits Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM), he said.
Incriminating material including flags, banners and letter pads have been recovered from their possession, he said.
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have arrested two residents of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district associated with the LeT and TuM militant outfits along with incriminating material in central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
A police spokesman in a statement said that the duo- Sameer Ahmed Ittoo and Ubaid Ameen Mallah both residents of district Kulgam- were held by Budgam police along with 53RR yesterday.
“Incriminating materials including flags, banners and letter pad have been recovered from their possession,” said the spokesman.
The spokesman said that preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested duo was involved in grenade lobbing incidents in Pulwama and Kulgam districts of south Kashmir and made posters, banners and flags of the militant outfits on the directions of their handlers across borders for further distribution at various locations in central and south Kashmir.