Two persons arrested, pistol recovered in Baramulla

SRINAGAR — Police have arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in the last month’s killing of a shopkeeper in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

A police officer said that the youth namely Aquib Bashir and Auqib Shalla of Chesti Colony Baramulla were arrested recently and one pistol was recovered by a team of 46RR, SOG and CRPF on their disclosure from an orchard in their native village.

“The duo was involved in the killing of a civilian, Sameer Ahmad Ahanger (25) on June 30,” he said.

The officer claimed that the duo confessed to the crime during interrogation at JIC where they were shifted soon after their arrest.

Sameer, a shopkeeper by profession, was shot at on June 30 at Old Town and later succumbed to his injuries on the next day i.e, July 01.