Army and police claims to have arrested alive a Pakistani militant while four of his associates were killed in an overnight encounter in north Kashmir’s Rafiabad area.
Army sources have identified the arrested militant as 22-year-old Sajjad Ahmed, who hails from Muzaffargarh in south West Pakistan, while police says the interrogation of the “prized catch” was going on and details will be made available in the course of time.
This is the second arrest of a Pakistani militant after Mohammad Naveed alias Usman from Pakistan was nabbed in Udhampur on August 3 when he and his accomplice attacked a BSF bus and killed two BSF personnel.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
DIG North Kashmir Gareeb Dass confirmed to KNS that the Pakistani militant was captured during encounter at Qazinag Vij area. “Three militants have been killed in the encounter and one Pakistani militant has been captured alive. We are bringing him out of the operation area. The questioning of the captured militant is on and we will be able to divulge other details to media in the course of time,” he said. (KNS)