Jammu and Kashmir director wellknown of police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Friday stated six terror operatives that covered a whole own circle of relatives of one in every of them colluded at the commands of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and furnished logistical aid that covered arms, ammunition, grenades and coins dropped via way of means of a Pakistani drone, except meals and refuge to the terrorists, who ambushed an Army truck at Tota Gali in Poonch on April 20.
At least 5 infantrymen had been killed and any other injured whilst the Army truck turned into in ambushed. The ill-fated truck turned into ferrying end result and different eatables for an Iftar celebration from Bhimber Gali to Sangiote village.
“We had detained 221 suspects following the assault on April 20, of which 1/2 of a dozen were officially arrested,” stated the DGP, who visited Rajouri`s Darhal in which safety forces have released searches withinside the Thannamandi location to tune down the attackers.
Of the six arrested accused, identification of simplest 3 — Nisar Ahmed (a Gujjar), Fareed Ahmed and Mushtaq Ahmed, all from Mendhar sub-division — has been revealed. He stated the terrorists done the assault with locals` aid.
“Without the aid of locals, such an assault might now no longer were possible. Terrorists used 7.sixty two mm metallic center bullets and IEDs to goal the Army truck with an aim to inflict most damage,” he stated.
About terror operative Nisar Ahmed of Gursai, he stated, “Being an overground employee due to the fact 1990s, police had picked him up earlier. This time additionally he turned into below suspicion. He turned into picked up and we determined a few corroborative proof on the premise of which, he turned into questioned. During questioning, he admitted that he and his own circle of relatives individuals had been absolutely worried in it.”
“For the beyond to 3 months, Nisar Ahmed and his own circle of relatives had been supporting the terrorists via way of means of offering them meals, water and different facilities. Pakistan had despatched a consignment thru drone and it turned into additionally picked up via way of means of Nisar and brought to the terrorists. The consignment covered coins, arms, ammunition and grenades,” stated Singh.
“We are figuring out the spot in which the drone had dropped the guns and coins,” he added. The DGP stated Nisar turned into an overground employee due to the fact 1990s. He additionally stated the element of ferrying the terrorists turned into being regarded into.
“They had been saved at one region and that they done assault at any other region. May be this module or any other module turned into worried in it will likely be recognized simplest after in addition questioning,” he stated. Ahmed`s residence in Mendhar is slightly 35 km farfar from Bhimber Gali. The DGP known as it arrest of six terror operatives a `good` achievement in phrases of investigations.
“With the busting of this module, we’ve got were given a path withinside the case and now understand a way to take it forward. We`ll look into how they got here, in which they lived, how the assault turned into done, how logistics had been organized and the way they had been helped. It is a huge achievement in phrases of probe however until attackers are neutralised, the achievement stays incomplete,” he stated.
“We agree with that terrorists were on this location for the beyond couple of months and that they had been transferring their hideouts from one region to any other however typically stayed on this location,” he stated. It is thought that the attackers lived for 2 to 3 months withinside the herbal caves withinside the jungles of Bhat Dhurian.
In this context, he recalled that during August ultimate year, suicide attackers had attacked an Army camp in Rajouri`s Pargal, killing 4 infantrymen earlier than being gunned down and January 1 Dhangri assault that left seven civilians dead.
“Since then, their (terrorists) motion has been observed in a single location or the different. Their today’s motion got here to our be aware more than one days in the past and primarily based totally on that report, this operation has been released (in Thannamandi),” he stated adding “we guarantee that we are able to be capable of get them”.
The DGP stated, one component turned into not unusualplace in current attacks, consisting of April 20 ambush, that “handlers across (LoC) from LeT are not unusualplace and the couple of people, who’re sitting there and controlling those operations.”
“In maximum of those cases, the enterprise worried is same. The handlers via way of means of and massive are not unusualplace. Incidents are separate however there’s a few communique among the organizations and that can`t be dominated out,” he stated.
“They (terrorists) had carried out a right recce of the location. Amid rain, they succeeded to hit the Army automobile that turned into shifting with nearly 0 velocity because of a pointy bend at the road,” he stated.
The assault turned into done close to a jungle. Our preliminary investigations recommended that they will have used herbal hideouts. We are figuring out the hideouts that could were used earlier than the assault and extreme seek operation is directly to nab the attackers,” he stated.
“While the organization of terrorists worried withinside the April 20 ambush turned into believed to be 3 to 5, round a dozen terrorists are energetic withinside the Rajouri and Poonch districts,” he added.