Srinagar 18 November (KNB): Kupwara Police on Thursday said that they have apprehended three youth who were in pursuit of crossing over to the Line of Control for arms training and to join back militancy in Kashmir.
In this regard, SSP Kupwara Yougal Manhas said that following a specific information, police apprehended the trio, all in their teenage years from a hideout in Kupwara.
He further said that the teenagers, all residents of Meej in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district had established contact with a militant commander posing himself as Tayab Farroqi operating from Pakistan and were on their way to cross the LoC via Kupwara to meet him and take illegal training in handling of arms to join back militancy in Kashmir .
The trio has been identified as Furqan Sultan Khanday (16, a student of Class 10th ) son of Mohd Sultan Khanday , Furqan Nazir Khanday ( 16, a student of Class 10th ) son of Nazir Ahmad Khanday and Kamran Sajad Sheikh (16, a student of Class 10th ) son of Sajad Ahmad Sheikh , all residents of village Meej Pampore of district Pulwama.
On questioning, Police found that these youth from South Kashmir have been radicalised and motivated by militant Tayab Farooqi operating from Pakistan through social media platforms who constantly fed them with radical Islamic literature. (KNB)