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Congress member arrested for ‘ferrying militants’ in South Kashmir, booked under UAPA

Kashmir Police arrest militants

Kashmir Police on Thursday arrested an advocate for allegedly ferrying militants in Shopian district of South Kashmir. A senior police officer identified him as Gowhar Ahmed Wani of Imamsahab Shopian, who was allegedly held while ferrying militants on December 7.

Gowhar Wani a Congress member, has been arrested and booked under UAPA at Police Station Imamsahab, the officer added. “In this connection, a case under UAPA has been registered at police station Imamsahab, Shopian,” the police top cop said. Shopian court has given police his 7 days remand. 

Sources said that forces had inputs that militants were traveling in a car and when 44 RR of Army intercepted it at Baba Khader Rampura Chowk in Trenz area on December 7, the militants escaped and left vehicle near Pargachoo.

They said that Gowhar had jumped out of the vehicle when the car was intercepted and said that he was a victim. Gowhar was later questioned and was formally arrested on Thursday, they added.

Gowhar was caught ferrying terrorists from Pulwama to Shopian via Baba Khader Rampura chowk. After they were stopped by party of security forces, they rushed out breaking check point. Due to heavy rush the police did not fire on them.

Gowhar came out of vehicle and later played the victim card to save his skin. He and his brother have a history of supporting terrorists through various ways said a police officer. 

Earlier this year, in a similar incident Davinder Singh, the Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Superintendent of Police was arrested for links with terrorists. Singh was arrested on a charge of terror links after the state police intercepted his car on the national highway and arrested him along with two terrorists travelling with him.

Two of the men in the car were Hizbul Mujahideen militants, one of whom is ‘wanted’ for killing migrant workers in South Kashmir in recent months. 

Singh joined the force in 1990 as a sub-inspector and moved up the ranks, mostly spending his career spanning roughly three decades in sensitive posts.

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