By way of PTI
SRINAGAR: Inside hours of the killing of a CRPF workforce in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police arrested the assailant and recovered the weapon of offence on Sunday.
Inspector Normal of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, mentioned an over flooring employee (OGW) or a terrorist affiliate has additionally been arrested in reference to the case.
Terrorists shot lifeless off-duty CRPF workforce Mukhtar Ahmad at his house within the Take a look at Chotipora space of Shopian in south Kashmir on Saturday night time.
“We now have arrested #killer of CRPF workforce. #Weapon of #offence (pistol) recovered on his disclosure. 01 OGW who accompanied him all over #terror crime additionally arrested,” the IGP mentioned in a tweet.
He mentioned the crime was once dedicated at the instructions of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Abid Ramzan Sheikh.
In a commentary later, a police spokesperson known the alleged assailant as Rukhsar Sadiq Thoker, a resident of Rangmarg-Sedow and an lively terrorist. The weapon of offence — a pistol — was once additionally seized from his ownership.
“All through the process investigation, he (Thoker) disclosed the id of every other terrorist affiliate who facilitated him within the fee of the crime. He (the terrorist affiliate) has been known as Amir Ahmad Dewan, a resident of Bohrihallan in Shopian, who too was once arrested and on his disclosure, a motorbike used within the fee of the crime was once recovered,” the spokesperson mentioned.
All through additional wondering, Thoker confessed that he’s a detailed affiliate of Sheikh, the self-styled commander of the LeT and a hybrid terrorist of the mentioned organisation.
“Moreover, he printed that he, together with his affiliate, had dedicated the crime on Sheikh’s instructions in an effort to create an environment of terror within the space,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Investigation within the case is happening and extra leads are anticipated, he added.