Srinagar, Nov 25 (KNS): Pulwama police on Friday claimed to have busted an OGW module of LeT outfit by arresting five persons who were involved in the bank robbery at Maloora Chrar-i-Sharief, Budgam.
Police in a statement issued to KNS said that on 21-11-2016, unidentified gunmen barged into the Jammu & Kashmir Bank branch Malpora, Chrar-i-Sharief in District Budgam and looted about 14 lakh rupees cash.
They said that based upon specific leads about the incident Pulwama Police zeroed in on one Mohammad Iqbal Wani resident of Chewa Kalan. “His arrest and disclosures further led to Farooq Ahmad Bhat and Tanvir Alam Wani residents of Chewa Kalan,” police said.
Police said that during questioning, it was found that the trio ran a Over Ground Worker (OGW) module of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terror outfit. “They revealed that conspiracy of robbing the Malpora branch was hatched and masterminded by one Arif Dar @ Abu Haibat-ul-lah resident of Lelhar Kakapora, who is an active local terrorist of LeT outfit, along with two other terrorists of foreign origin, identified by their codes, Abu Ali and Abu Ismail.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelThey provided all the support for facilitating the decoity, including transportation, logistics and conducting of recce etc,” police said.
They said that the group also used the services of Tanvir Bhat and Raqeeb Rather residents of Chewa Kalan Pulwama.
The statement reads that the five persons namely Mohammad Iqbal Wani son of Wali Mohammad Wani, Farooq Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Wani, Tanveer-ul-Alam Wani son of Ghulam Rasool Wani, Tanveer Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat and Raqeeb Rather, all residents of Chewa Kalan involved in the crime have been arrested.
“The hunt is on for other persons involved in the crime,” police said. (KNS)