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During the questioning, the duo revealed the involvement of another accused in the crime, who was also arrested.
The IGP said the three men were lured into militancy by a commander of the proscribed terror outfit, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
They were tasked with carrying out a strike at the Krishna Dhaba, a popular eatery with tourists and locals.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday arrested three men, who were allegedly involved in an attack on a restaurant owner s son in Srinagar on February 17, the day a 24-member delegation of foreign envoys arrived on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, said a senior police officer.
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Constable Suhail was the first one to succumb while his colleague, Constable Mohammed Yusuf, lost the battle of life as he was being wheeled into the operation theatre.
Immediately after the incident, police teams rushed to the area and took into their possession recordings from CCTVs installed by shops and houses.
A terrorist gunned down unarmed two policemen in broad daylight in an upmarket Srinagar area, an incident witnessed by several people and captured on CCTV cameras, police said on Friday, two days after a similar shooting targeting the son of the owner of a city eatery.
The two policemen were on duty at Baghat on the high-security airport road when they were attacked. The terrorist, identified as Saqib, can be seen pulling out an assault rifle hidden inside his pheran , a loose over-garment worn during winters, and pumping bullets at them at close range.
Taraq Hussain Giri of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar was arrested on February 17, the NIA spokesperson said. The case was initially registered on March 8, 2019, under sections of the RPC, the Arms Act and the UA(P)Act relating to snatching of service weapon from escort in-charge of Kishtwar DM.
A top police official said, "Joint team of Police, Army and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Badigam after the tip-off of the presence of terrorists in the area. As the joint searching party cordoned the suspected spot, the terrorists hiding inside fired on searching party which was retaliated and an encounter started.”
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The police have registered a case against the arrested terror associates in Tral Police Station under relevant sections of law.
The arrested terror associates were involved in providing shelter, logistics and transportation of arms and ammunition to the HM terrorists.
Security forces on Wednesday arrested three terror associates of proscribed outfit Hizbul Mujahideen from Tral area of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir. Acting on specific information of terrorist movement, a joint team of security forces launched a search operation in Batagund and Dadsara village in Tral.
The police have registered a case against the arrested terror associates in Tral Police Station under relevant sections of law. The arrested terror associates were involved in providing shelter, logistics and transportation of arms and ammunition to the HM terrorists in Tral and Awantipora area of south Kashmir. IED material was recovered from the house of one of the arrested terror associates.