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Big terror plot foiled in Jammu and Kashmir; terrorists associated with JeM, LeT arrested

J&K
February 15, 2021

Police recently foiled a terror attack and arrested terrorists associated with Pakistani terror groups Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), said Jammu and Kashmir`s Director General of Police (DGP), Dilbagh Singh on Sunday.

"Police recently arrested the Chiefs of Pakistani terror groups Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed`s India-based outfits. The Resistance Front and Lashkar-e-Mustafa respectively," said Singh.

Addressing the media after the police foiled a major terror attack in with the recovery of an IED of 6 - 6.5 kilograms in Jammu, Singh said that both outfits - The Resistance Front and Lashkar-e-Mustafa were involved in multiple terror related activities in the country in past few years.

Police also recovered 15 small IEDs and six pistols along with ammunition from Samba.
"Lashkar-e-Mustafa became active in August 2020. Police have arrested its commander Hedayatullah Malik. He was active for a long time in the terrorism-related world. He worked for long for OGW, and later on JeM`s directions, he built a local outfit. He was currently trying to make a local hideout in Jammu. He has also built a network where he was bringing in weapons from Bihar and exporting them for different terror-related works," said Singh.

Malik, who was arrested last week, was also involved in the recce of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval`s office on instructions of his Pakistani handler whom he called `doctor`.