Srinagar:The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday (August 8, 2020) arrested at least six over-ground workers of Pakistan-backed Lashkar-e-Taiba in J&K terror financing case probe.
Sharing more details, Mukesh Singh, Inspector General of Police, Jammu, said, “After receiving inputs about a terror-financing network in Jammu that is assisting Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Special Operations Group (SOG) Jammu interrogated one Mudasir Farooq Bhat. During interrogation, he admitted about his links with LeT.’’
Singh further informed that on the basis of information received from MF Bhat, the SOG arrested 5 other people associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba.’’
They have been identified as Tauqir Ahmad Bhat, Asif Bhat, Khalid Latif Bhat, Gazi Iqbal & Tariq Hussain Mir, he said.
Mukesh Singh, Inspector General of Police, Jammu said, “We don't have any specific information regarding any activity that they were planning on the 5th or 15th of August, but yes the attempt was to reactivate and probably, they were planning something bigger in future.”