Pulwama resident arrested in Delhi for planning to kill Hindu priest ANI | Updated: May 17, 2021 22:42 IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): A 26-year-old resident of Pulwama was arrested in Delhi s Pahar Ganj for planning to kill a priest, Swami Narsinghanand.
As per a statement, the accused, John Muhammad (alias Jaan), a resident of Pulwama, was arrested from a hotel room around 6.30 pm on April 28. A 0.30 bore pistol, two magazines and 15 lives rounds were seized from his luggage.
Other items in his luggage included an orange kurta, a piece of kalawa, pure kumkum chandan tika and a wooden beaded necklace.
He had earlier been booked in 2016 for stone pelting at the time of the death of Burhan Wani, commander of proscribed terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen.
Police Arrest Kashmiris for Palestine Mural, Peaceful Protests and Speeches
The artist was forced to deface his own mural before being taken into custody. The police have yet to say anything about the grounds for his detention.
A mural drawn by artist Mudasir Gul on the gates of a spillover channel of Jhelum river in Srinagar showing the weeping face of a woman, her head draped under a Palestinian flag, with âWe are Palestineâ written in bold, white letters. The police later forced the artist to deface the mural. Photo: Special Arrangement
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