KL Report
Srinagar
Baramulla police achieved a breakthrough by arresting a LeT militant involved in killing of Sarpanch Ghulam Mohammad Yatoo of Raipora Palhalan, a police statement said on Friday.
“In an operation carried by Baramulla Police, 29 RR and 45 Bn CRPF at village Raipora Palhalan, LeT militant Mohammad Altaf Ganie @ Cheema son of Abdul Hamid resident of Raipora, Palhalan was arrested,” the police statement claimed, adding he was involved in the killing of a Sarpanch Ghulam Mohammad Yatoo of Raipora Palhalan. Police said that that however, his other accomplice in the killing Shabir Ahmed Sheikh @ Shaka is still at large.
One AK47 rifle, four AK magazines, 192 rounds of AK ammunition, one pistol, four pistol rounds, one pouch, one wireless set and 32 No’s of IED circuit packs were recovered from him, police said.
A case FIR No. 207/2012 under section 302, 120B RPC, 7/25 A. Act stands registered in police station Pattan with regard to the killing of the Sarpanch.