According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Railway, KPS Malhotra, "The accused was involved in hatching conspiracy along with Khursheed Ahmad Rather and Ghulam Sarwar Rather in receiving arms and ammunition from across the LOC by the terrorist handlers."
The Jammu and Kashmir police have attached the property of an infamous drug peddler at Handwara in the Kupwara district under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS), said the police in an official statement on Thursday.
A cross-border terror module involved in the smuggling of arms and ammunition has been busted, along with the arrest of five terror associates in the Karnah area of north Kashmir's Kupwara district, a top police official said on Saturday.
Taking to social media handle, the official account of Chinar Corps posted on X, "IED Recovered near Chowkibal on Srinagar - Chowkibal Highway. ChinarWarriors averted a major terror incident today by recovering and in-situ destroying an IED near Chowkibal on the Srinagar - Chowkibal Highway.
In a major breakthrough, Handwara police have dismantled a cheaters gang orchestrating a honey trap scheme, preying on unsuspecting individuals across North and Central Kashmir, said the police.
A fire broke out in the Dar Gali Bus stand area in North Kashmir's Kupwara district in the early morning hours today.
Around 15 shops and one residential house were gutted in fire. Locals and police rushed to the spot along with fire tenders, to douse off the fire.
"Earthquake of Magnitude: 3.6, Occurred on 30-12-2023, 16:57:41 IST, Lat: 34.43 and Long: 74.22, Depth: 5 km, Region: Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir," the National Centre for Seismology posted on X.