Jammu And Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir: Kupwara resident held with arms, ammunition
Srinagar: Security forces arrested a resident of a Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir with arms and ammunition, police said Monday.
They said Mohammad Shafi Sheikh, a resident of Hajitra Karnah in Kupwara had concealed arms and ammunition in his house. The arrest was made on a specific input.
“Acting on specific information, a police team led by Incharge Police Post Taad ASI Muneer Ahmad along with local Army unit 3/8 GR conducted a search of the house of Sheikh. On questioning, Shafi revealed that he had concealed some arms and ammunition in a sewing machine in his house. On his disclosure a pistol, two magazines , 11 Pistol rounds and two grenades were recovered during the search,” a police statement said.
Police said Sheikh was later taken into custody and more arrests were expected in the case.
A case under relevant provisions of law has been registered against Sheikh and investigations taken up. Police said Sheikh was already facing trial in a similar case chargesheeted against him in the year 2021.
(With UNI inputs)
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
