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Crisis/Conflict/Terrorism Indian security forces bust terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir, LeT operative arrested
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 16 May 2020, 12:06 am Print
Srinagar: Indian security forces have busted a hideout of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district, sources said.
According to sources, Zahoor Wani, a close associate of LeT’s Yusuf Qantroo, was arrested by the security forces from Arizal village of the district.
Arms and ammunition were recovered from his possession.
More arrests and recoveries also expected, sources said.
Earlier this month, security forces killed a top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riaz Naikoo during an operation in a village in Kashmir's Pulwama district.
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