Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday seized the house of militant Adil Wani, accused for killing a Kashmiri Pandit and arrested his father and three brothers after recovering arms in their house.
Police said Adil Wani killed Sunil Kumar Bhat in an orchard in a Shopian village on Tuesday and later took shelter at his home in Kutpora.
The militant was identified by eyewitnesses and Sunil Kumar’s cousin as the person who fired indiscriminately at him and his brother while they were working in the apple orchard on Tuesday.
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During the Early morning, Police and Army said they launched a cordon and search operation but Wani, a categorised militant of the banned Al-Badr outfit, fled in the cover of darkness after hurling grenades at the approaching police party.
“Also during the search operation, police recovered arms and ammunition from Wani’s house, prompting the authorities to place his father and three brothers under arrest besides initiating the process of attaching their house,” they said.
As per police, arms and ammunitions were concealed at the attic of the house.
