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Two LeT militants arrested in J&K |
2007-02-03 |
Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday arrested two militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit at Sopore in Baramulla district, police said. The militants were identified as Mohammad Rafiq Zaqi alias Janbaz, a resident of Baba Yousuf Sopore and Sajad Ahmad Daga, a resident of Khushal Mattoo Sopore, wanted in a number of militancy related incidents, a police spokesman said. Rafiq Zaqi is a category C militant and active member of Salfi group of LeT. Salfi group commander was eliminated on January 1 this year. The arrested militants had created an atmosphere of fear in Sopore town and were motivating youth for terrorism, the spokesman said. Both the militants were responsible for numbers of grenade and IED blasts in Sopore town and its periphery during the summer of 2006. The spokesman said their involvement in the cases of civilian slaughter and beheading is also being investigated. |
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