Lashkar-e-Taiba module busted in Kashmir's Bandipora, four arrested

According to sources in Bandipora district police, acting on specific inputs, police arrested one Asadullah Parray from Hajin who was heading a recruitment cum terror module of Lashkar-e Taiba maintaining a close contact with terrorist handlers across the border.

Police in a statement said the man, who was associated with Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) before shifting his allegiance to the Masarat Alam led Muslim League, had about a dozen PSAs and FIRs lodged against him and spent a good part of the previous decade in custody.

The man, who was involved in recruiting young boys in terrorist ranks and arranging weapons as well as other logistics for them, was actively abetted in running the module by his nephew Naseer Ahmed Parray, Haseena, Khursheed and others, according to the police statement.

"The group was in continuous contact across the border and would receive detailed instructions for their day to day activities," the statement read.

"Apart from recruiting individuals and arranging arms and ammunition for them, the group was also involved in motivating youth to carry out petrol bombs on government buildings and protected persons and carrying out recce of potential targets," Bandipora Police said in the statement.

Police said that a huge quantity of incendiary materials used for making petrol bombs was recovered from them.

"On the disclosures made by the accused two individuals Rafeeq and Hilal Ahmed Shah, who were about to join terrorist ranks at the instance of this group, have been detained and are being questioned," the statement added.

Senior officials of the district police said that further investigation in the case was underway.