Fresh militant recruit apprehended in Awantipora

AWANTIPORA — Government forces on Thursday apprehended a freshly recruited militant from Awantipora.

A police official said that Awantipora Police on Friday late evening at about 10.30 PM succeeded in nabbing a fresh militant from an area falling under its jurisdiction.

Police identified the arrested militant as Rafi Ahmed Bhat son of Abdul Gani Bhat, alias Ubaid Bhai, a native of Wadipora Nagbal area of south Kashmir’s district Shopian.

Rafi had joined the militant outfit Al-Badr on the 16th of this month, whose family and Police had issued repeated appeals to him to return back home, which were not entertained by him.

A missing report from his family was already filed with the police, said the officials.

A senior police officer, while confirming the arrest of Bhat, said that he was nabbed by joint forces of local Police and Army on Friday night from Awantipora and was handed over to the Shopian Police for further proceedings.