Law enforcement confirmed that local recruitment into militant ranks has completely stopped this year, leaving Kulgam resident Mohammad Lateef Bhat as the sole remaining indigenous operative. Bhat, who carries a Rs 15 lakh bounty, is accused of fatally shooting Head Constable Ashiq Hussain and two migrant laborers with foreign backing. Authorities are also balancing convoy security restrictions against public disruption concerns raised by the health minister. Concurrently, counter-terror financing operations this year have frozen 567 bank accounts and attached properties valued at Rs 154 crore.
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Authorities are actively reviewing convoy traffic restrictions following complaints regar…: Authorities are actively reviewing convoy traffic restrictions following complaints regarding blocked ambulances and disrupted school commutes.
Security forces continue tracking foreign operatives suspected of aiding the final remain…: Security forces continue tracking foreign operatives suspected of aiding the final remaining local militant in the valley.
Financial crackdowns dismantled terror networks by attaching assets worth Rs 154 crore an…: Financial crackdowns dismantled terror networks by attaching assets worth Rs 154 crore and seizing over Rs 1 crore in cash.
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Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Zone, Sujit Kumar speaks during a press conference, in Srinagar
Valley recruitment stopped this year: Police chiefSRINAGAR: Kashmir has just one active local terrorist and recruitment in the valley completely stopped this year, while security forces were tracking a handful of foreign terrorists believed to be assisting him, J&K police IG Sujit Kumar said Thursday.Police identified the lone local terrorist as Mohammad Lateef Bhat, a resident of Khrewan Chader village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. A Rs 15 lakh reward was announced in Aug for information leading to his arrest. Bhat is accused of killing a head constable and two migrant workers in separate attacks in Anantnag and Kulgam in July. He is believed to have joined terrorist ranks last year.
“No local has joined terrorist ranks this year. Local recruitment has completely dried up,” Kumar said. He added that the number of foreign terrorists could not be established as they kept moving between locations. “Giving their figure would be an exaggeration,” he said.Head constable Ashiq Hussain’s murder on July 22 was the first…
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