Srinagar

Police Tuesday said that a militant affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba was arrested in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district.

Divulging information, SSP Kulgam Mr Sridhar Patil told a local news gatherer CNS that a joint party of 9 Rashtriya Rifles and Kulgam Police after receiving inputs, made arrest of a LeT militant whom he identified as Shakir Ahmed Itoo, a resident of Gretabal Kulgam.

“The arrested militant was involved in a rifle snatching incident in Qazigund and he was arrested when he was planning to hurl a grenade at a polling bus,” Patil said adding that a Chinese grenade was also recovered from his possession.

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