Budgam Police cracked grenade lobbing incident on minority; 02 Hybrid terrorists of LeT arrested

KASHMIR: During the late evening hours of 15th August 2022, one grenade lobbing incident took place at Gopalpora Chadoora in which one person of minority community namely Krishna Kumar got injured & he was shifted to SMHS hospital for treatment. Accordingly, a case FIR number 147/2022 under relevant sections of law stands registered at Police Station Chadoora. Senior Police Officers visited the spot and investigated the scene of crime.

During the course of investigation, one small CCTV footage was collected which revealed that 02 scooty born suspects are involved in the grenade lobbing incident. Many suspects were picked up for questioning and during further investigation, police received an information that one individual namely Sahil Ahmad Wani son of Ghulam Mohammad Wani resident of Tangnar Kralpopra Chadoora is involved in the incident. The said individual was arrested and during his sustaining questioning, he admitted that he along with main conspirator and hybrid terrorist namely Altaf Farooq @ Amir son of Farooq Ahmad rather resident of Tangnar Kralpora are involved in the commission of crime.

Accordingly, raid was conducted and the arrest of the individual was effected and during the search of the individual, posters of terrorist organisation TRF along with some incriminating material and one hand grenade was recovered. The scooty bearing registration No.JK01AH- 7426 make TVS used in the commission of crime has also been seized in the instant case. The accused person namely Altaf Farooq @Amir has also been found involved in the illegal transfer of money, receipt and distribution of funds from the terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba.

The investigation of the case is at its earlier stage and more arrests and recoveries are expected. The grenade was thrown at the behest of the directions of Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists (TRF) to create the atmosphere of fear among the society.