OGW tasked to kill Councillor arrested
OGW tasked to kill Councillor arrested
Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar Jan 1: Police today said that they arrested an Over Ground Worker of militants who was tasked to kill a recently elected Councillor in Baramulla town of North Kashmir.
Addressing a news conference in Baramulla, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Baramulla, Abdul Qayoom said that the arrested OGW was tasked to recruit youth and to kill a newly elected Councillor. “The Councillor has been informed about the intentions of militants”, he said
He said that the OGW has faced four PSAs in the past. He said that they arrested a militant associate, Asif Gull, early this week who was under the police radar for the past eight months for his involvement in a grenade attack in Baramulla in August last year that claimed the lives of security personnel besides having over two dozen cases registered against him.