Srinagar
Police on Saturday claimed to have busted a Hizbul Mujahideen module involved in hawala transactions by arresting four people, including a former militant, in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Police spokesman in a statement said that acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and Army personnel intercepted a car at Kallar village along Rajouri-Jammu road and arrested the four.
One of the four is a local youth from Rajouri. The rest are residents of south Kashmir’s Shopian district, , a police spokesman said.
The spokesman identified them as former Harkat-ul-Mujahideen militant Aijaz Ahmad son of Ghulam Ahmad Sofi a resident of Batpora Shopian, Mohammad Arif son of Mohammad Yousuf resident of Kotli peer Badesar, Sajad Ahmad Malla son of Shakeel Ahmad Malla a resident of Maldera Shopian and Khursheed Ahmad Thokar son of Ghulam Rasool Thokar a resident of Hefkuri Shopian.
Police have registered a case FIR No.250/2018 U/S 13/17/18 ULA Act in Police station Rajouri.
The official said the four people were working for militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen.
