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J&K: Sleeper Cell Module busted

| | Aug 04, 2015, at 04:18 am
Srinagar, Aug 3 (IBNS) A sleeper cell of banned terror group Hizbul Mujahideen was busted by the police here on Monday.

The police have arrested its chief.

“Police has busted a sleeper cell of HM banned terrorist outfit functioning illegally under the command of self-styled commander Mohammad Shaheen Baba @ Zaid-bin Tariq son of Ghulam Qadir Baba resident Budgam,” a police spokesperson said.

Police said Baba and other members of the cell  planned to carry out a “sensational acts of terror by way of IED blasts.

“One Chinese pistol with Magazine, 25 live rounds, incriminating documents and a mobile phone was recovered from the cell member,” the police spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said, “Mohammad Shaheen Baba was working in UK as a physiotherapist and residing in London since 2006. He married an American National of Pakistani origin. He got in touch with HM Commanders and on their directions established the sleeper cell.”

The other members of the group have been identified as Mudasir Ahmad Baba @ Auranzaib, Basharat Hussain Baba, Uqab Ahmad Wazir and Manzoor Ahmad.

Further investigations are going on which may lead to more arrests.

In this regard,a  case FIR No. 134/2015 under section 13 U.L Act has been registered in Police station Sadder, the spokesman added..

(Reporting  by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)

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