Four terrorists of Lashkar e Toiaba (LeT) were arrested for carrying out a grenade attack on the house of Goa Chronicle journalist whose mother is a Sarpanch at Shrakwara Kreeri, police said in a press conference today.
A police officer told The Daily Guardian that on August 22, about 2100 hours, a telephonic call was received by Police Station Kreeri regarding a blast-like sound that was heard from village Shrakwara Kreeri.
Accordingly, he said, parties of Baramulla Police, 52 RR, and 176 Bn CRPF rushed towards the village.
“During the course of verification, it came to fore that a grenade was lobbed towards the police guard/house of sarpanch namely Narinder Kour, who is the mother of GoaChronicle Journalist Amanjeet Singh of Shrakwara Kreeri. The blast caused some damages to window panes and a vehicle, and the lever of the exploded grenade was found in the kitchen garden.”
Accordingly, a case FIR under sections of explosive substances Act and UA (P) Act 1967 was registered in Police Station Kreeri and investigation was set into motion, the officer said.
During the process of investigation, many suspects were called for questioning, and on the basis of technical analysis, CCTV footage, and other pieces of evidence, it came to surface that suspects, namely Mohammad Saleem Khan of the New Colony Shrakwara, and Sajad Ahmed Mir, son of killed terrorist Ali Mohammad Mir of Mir Mohalla Saloosa, are involved and they were later arrested.
“It is pertinent to mention here that both the accused persons were in contact with LeT terrorist Hilal Sheikh and Usman (foreigner) on whose instructions they obtained grenade from Batmaloo Srinagar,” the officer said, adding, “Two other associates Bilal Ahmad Sheikh son of Mohammad Maqbool Sheikh of Saloosa, and Naseer Ahmad Dar son of Abdul Majeed Dar of Najibhat assisted the accused persons in the commission of crime, and they were also arrested.”
The officer said that two hand grenades and 100 grams of “hash-like” substance have been recovered from the accused persons.
So far, the Indian security forces have eliminated 5 terrorists of the TRF since claiming to be responsible for the attack on the home of the GoaChronicle journalist with the intent to target his mother the Sarpanch.