SRINAGAR District administration on Saturday ordered detention under Public Safety Act of two members of Hizbul Mujahideen including a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan from frontier Kupwara district of north Kashmir.
A district administration officer said that deputy commissioner Kupwara has ordered detention of the duo under PSA and have been shifted to Kotbalwal jail in Jammu.
The two Hizbul Mujahideen members were arrested by SOG and armys 28 RR during a raid at Lolab on October 4 this year.
The arrested persons include Shakir Ahmad Wani son of Mohammed Ramzan Wani and Ghulam Mustafa Sheikh son of Abdul Ahad Sheikh, both residents of Tekipora, Lolab.
The police said that Shakir, a BSF personal was posted outside the state and was on leave when he along with his associate was arrested by the joint team of the government forces.
A police spokesman in a statement issued here had said that acting on a specific input, Kupwara Police busted an OGW module of the outfit, operating in Lolab area of the district.
A case FIR no.77 of 2018 u/s 7/25 Arms act 13, 18.39 Unlawful activities Act stands registered in P/S Sogam against them. (GNS)
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