Security personnel stand guard outside Air Force Station after two low intensity explosions reported in the technical area of Jammu Air Force Station in the early hours of Sunday. (PTI)
JAMMU: While security agencies in the area are on their toes following the low intensity blasts at Indian Air Force Station, the Jammu Police have foiled a major terror attack by arresting a terrorist of The Resistance Front (TRF) with five kilogram Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the Narwal area of the city s outskirts.
According to sources in the police, the Special Operation Group (SOG) team on late Saturday evening arrested a terrorist with explosives.
Jammu, February 13
A top terrorist affiliated with The Resistance Front (TRF), wanted in connection with the killing of three BJP workers and a policeman in south Kashmir last year, was arrested in S
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Rather took arms training in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
Police termed the arrest as a major breakthrough
New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested a top terrorist affiliated with The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) terror outfit, in connection with the killing of three BJP workers and a policeman in south Kashmir last year.
The terrorist identified as Zahoor Ahmad Rather alias Sahil , “Khalid” was arrested in Samba district of Jammu region. A specific information by Anantnag police led to the arrest of Rather.
“Rather was a resident of south Kashmir who had reportedly moved to Samba to receive an arms consignment from Pakistan. He was arrested from his rented accommodation in Bari Brahmana area during a joint raid by Anantnag and Samba police,” a senior police official was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
Was involved in killing of 3 BJP workers Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Feb 13: A top militant affiliated with The Resistance Front (TRF), wanted