Overview

• Security forces jointly carried out a checking operation in Malpora Nowgam on August 17, arresting two Lashkar-e-Taiba associates identified as Ab Majid Gojri and Ab Hamid Dar.
• The arrested individuals were found in possession of two Chinese grenades, two UBGL grenades and ten AK-series rounds.
• Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and launched a formal investigation into the suspects’ activities.
• Senior officials describe the arrests as a disruption to local Lashkar-e-Taiba cells and are examining whether the suspects were linked to previously busted modules in Bandipora.
• The National Investigation Agency recently conducted searches in Srinagar and Handwara uncovering a foreign trail of funds tied to The Resistance Front proxy network.