KL Report
SRINAGAR
Police busted a HM-JeM module that was involved in a grenade incident of December last year in Tral in which 04 civilians lost their lives and 23 were injured, a police statement said Wednesday evening.
According to the District Police authorities, on 05-12-2014 militants hurled a grenade in a busy market at Main Chowk, Tral when there was heavy rush of people after Friday prayers resulting in on spot death of a civilian and splinter injuries to 26 others, the statement said.
“Among the injured 02 persons succumbed to splinter injuries later in the hospital while another Ali Mohammad Shah died after few months. Police registered a case FIR No: 121/2014 under section 302, 307 RPC, 3/5 Exp. Sub. Act in police station Tral and investigation was set in motion,” the statement said.
The statement further said, “Strenuous efforts were made to nab the culprits involved in this heinous act. After painstaking efforts Awantipora police succeeded in cracking the case by identifying a joint module of JEM/HM involved in the incident. Subsequently, two members of the module Suhail Majeed Bhat son of Abdul Majid Bhat resident of Noorpora and Gulzar Ahmad Dar son of Ghulam Nabi resident of Nagbal Tral were arrested.”
“During their questioning,” the statement said, “they revealed that they were working for Adil Pathan (JeM commander) and Zakir of HM outfit and the grenade at Tral was lobbed by them at their behest to disturb the election process. Further investigations have also revealed that Gulzar Ahmad is also involved in timber smuggling, kidnapping and various militancy related cases in Awantipora and Tral. They duo were planning to attack soft targets like guards and snatch weapons for which they were doing reconnaissance.”
