Hidayatullah Malik
Jammu–Police in Jammu and Kashmir said on Sunday that the arrested chief of Lashkar-e-Mustafa (LeM), an offshoot of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group, was planning a major terror strike in Jammu city.
“LeM chief, Hidayatullah Malik, belonging to Shopian district in the valley, is a categorised militant wanted in many terror related cases,” the police said.
Malik was arrested on Saturday in Jammu’s Kunjwani area in an operation carried out jointly by the Jammu and Anantnag police.
The police further said that the information about his presence in the area and strike plans came to light following the interrogation of another terrorist, Ayaz Bhat, who was arrested in Anantnag on January 18.
J&K DGP Dilbag Singh revealed that several hideouts have been stationed in Jammu to spread militancy. J&K DGP Dilbag Singh | Photo Credit: ANI
Jammu: A commander of Lashkar-e-Mustafa, an outfit of terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed, was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, J&K DGP Dilbag Singh said. The arrested chief of Lashkar-e-Mustafa was planning a major terror strike in Jammu city. LeM chief, Hidayatullah Malik, belonging to Shopian district in the valley, is a categorised militant wanted in many terror related cases, the police said.
Malik was arrested in Jammu s Kunjwani area in a joint operation by the Jammu and Anantnag police. The information about his presence in the area and strike plans was known after the interrogation of another terrorist, Ayaz Bhat, who was arrested in Anantnag on January 18.
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J&K police arrest LeM chief planning major terror strike in Jammu city
Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday arrested one of the most wanted terrorists and self-styled commander of Lashkar-e-Mustafa, thus foiling a major terror strike in the Union Territory. According to the police, the arrested terrorist is believed to be from a frontal organization of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). Commenting on the development, a police spokesperson said the arrest of Hidayatullah Malik alias Hasnain, an A category terrorist from the Shopian district, when he was in a private car was made by a joint team of Anantnag and Jammu police from Kunjwani area in the outskirts of Jammu city.Â