India News | Two Terrorists Arrested in J-K's Bandipora

Srinagar, Dec 23 (PTI) Security forces on Friday arrested two terrorists from Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district, officials here said.

Acting on a tip-off, security forces apprehended two militants of The Resistance Front, believed to be an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba, in the upper reaches of Bandipora when they were on their way to Srinagar, they said.

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The arrested duo has been identified as Imad Amin Chopan alias chita bhai and Tahir Ahmad Bhat alias Tiger, both residents of Anantnag district in south Kashmir.

One China-made pistol, a magazine and some rounds, a Chinese grenade and detonators were seized from them, the officials said.

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The ultras were tasked by their handlers with aquiring arms and ammunition to revive The Resistance Front module in south Kashmir, they added.

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