Police claims Kangan youth prevented from joining Militancy
SRINAGAR, MAY 03 (PTK): Jammu and Police on Friday said the youth missing from Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district was prevented from joining a militant outfit.
A police spokesman said that Shafat Yousuf Malik of Thune Kangan was arrested along with arms and ammunition in Handwara. “On a credible input, Handwara police along with security forces intercepted a person at a checkpoint near Chowgal and took him into custody. Incriminating materials including arms & ammunition were recovered from his possession,” he said.
The spokesman said that Malik was provided with arms and ammunition by a militant group and was on way to join proscribed Hizb-ul-Mujahideen outfit. With his arrest, he said, Malik was “restrained” from joining the militant outfit. “A case FIR No. 87/2019 under relevant sections of law has been registered at P/S Handwara. Further investigation into the matter is going on,” he said.
Malik’s arrest comes a day after his parents made a passionate appeal for him to return home.
