The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested a Kashmir-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operative for his involvement in a terror conspiracy case in Jammu and Kashmir.
Terrorist Owais was involved in killing of a civilian namely Azad Ahmad Dar of Kangan Pulwama.
With this, 6 terrorists have been killed in J&K in the past 24 hours.
The area has been cordoned and search operation is in progress.
In a message to the public of Jammu and Kashmir, the Lt Governor said that the government and the security forces are working day and night to lay the foundation of its progressive and peaceful future and said that no outside forces can derail us from our mission.
They were also carrying AK47 assault rifles, IEDs, grenades, pistols, satellite phone, wireless communication system, and GPS.
While stating this on Tuesday, additional director general of police, law and order, Navdeep Singh Virk said that intensive checking is being carried out in all trains passing through the railway stations in the State.
The terrorists have been identified as Sajjad Bhat and Tauseef and they were linked to the 14 February Pulwama attack that claimed the lives of 44 CRPF jawans.
“During this year, we have been able to neutralize 86 terrorists so far and our operations continue in the same manner. Nearly 20 of them have been apprehended. We've also been able to bring back many of them to the mainstream,” said Lt Gen Ranbir Singh.
The current President of the General Assembly Maria Fernanda Espinosa presided Monday over an informal interactive dialogue with Muhammad-Bande, nominated by Nigeria
