Ahead of Independence Day a major tragedy was avertedafter a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) module was busted and four terrorists werearrested in Jammu, officials said on Saturday.
Police said JeM terrorists and their associates have beenarrested by Jammu Police in a drive to root out presence of terrorists inJammu.
"They were planning collection of arms dropped bydrones and supply to active terrorists of Jaish-e- Mohammed in Kashmir valley;planting a vehicle based IED in Jammu before 15th August and reconnaissance ofimportant targets in other parts of the country," police said.
Sharing details, police said Muntazir Manzoor aliasSaifulla, resident of Prichoo Pulwama, a member of terrorist organizationJaish-e-Mohammed was the first to be arrested in this chain and from him onepistol, one magazine, eight live rounds and two Chinese hand grenades wererecovered. His truck used for transporting weapons to the Kashmir valley wasalso seized.
Subsequently three more Jaish terrorists were arrested.They have been identified as Ijahar khan alias Sonu Khan, resident of MirdanMohalla Kandala Shamli (UP).
"He disclosed that the Jaish commander in Pakistanby the name of Munazir alias Shahid had asked him to collect weapons from nearAmritsar which would be dropped by a drone. He was also asked by Jaish to doreconnaissance of Panipat oil refinery which he did and sent videos toPakistan. He was then tasked to do the reconnaissance of Ayodhya RamJanmabhoomi but was arrested before he could accomplish this task," policesaid.
Police said Touseef Ahmed Shah alias Showket and Adnan,resident of Jeff, Shopian was tasked by Jaish commander Shahid and anotherJaish terrorist by the name Abrar in Pakistan to take up an accommodation inJammu which he did. He was then asked to procure a second hand motorcycle forcausing an IED blast at Jammu. The IED for this purpose would be dropped by adrone. Touseef was arrested before he could complete this task.
According to police, Jahangir Ahmed Bhat, resident ofBandzoo Pulwama has been arrested in the case. He was the fruit merchant fromKashmir who was constantly in touch with Shahid of Jaish in Pakistan and hadintroduced Ijahgar Khan to him. He was further doing recruitment for Jaish inKashmir Valley and in the rest of the country.
Police said further investigation on the remaining moduleis in progress.