Militant arrested after grenade attack on police party
18/10/2018
Srinagar, Oct 17: A Tehreekul Mujahideen militant was Wednesday arrested by security forces soon after carrying out a grenade attack in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, injuring three cops, police said.
"Based on credible inputs that some terrorists are travelling on the Baramulla-Srinagar highway, a police team set up a checkpoint at Baba Teng Pattan," a police spokesman said.
He said one of the vehicles was signalled to stop but the militants inside the vehicle hurled a grenade.
"One police officer, DySp Zafar Mehdi and two other cops Shabir Ahmad and Ashiq Hussain sustained injuries," the spokesman said.
However, the other cops chased the fleeing militants and managed to apprehend one of them, he said.
He was identified as Faizan Majeed Bhat, a resident of Tral in Pulwama district, the spokesman said. His accomplice Showkat Ahmad Bhat managed to escape, he added .
The duo had recently joined the Tehreekul Mujahideen outfit, police said.
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