SRINAGAR: Security forces apprehended a school headmaster, along with a pistol, for operating as an overground worker (OGW) in the Hari Budha area of Poonch district on Sunday.

A police spokesperson in a statement said, “In a joint operation conducted by the Army and Police in Hari Budha, a registered OGW named Qamaruddin, who is also a headmaster at a local school, was apprehended with a foreign-made pistol and grenades in his residence.”

The statement mentions that the recovered consignment is suspected to have been intended for disrupting the ongoing elections in the Poonch area. “The search is still underway. Two Chinese grenades and one Pakistan-made pistol were recovered from the OGW,” it stated.

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