Lucknow: The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh Police arrested an alleged local militant from South Kashmir’s Anantnag district for providing armed training to a Moradabad resident.
Reports said that the ATS said that its team went to Jammu and Kashmir and arrested the accused, identified as Firdous Ahmad Dar from Kokernag with the help of local police.
After completing the court process there, the ATS team took Dar in transit remand and brought him to Lucknow on Saturday.
The ATS produced the accused in court after getting him medically examined here on Saturday.
His arrest came a day after the ATS arrested one Ahmed Raza alias Sharukh, who hails from Muilak Gudia village of Moradabad district, over alleged links with banned armed group of Hizbul Mujahideen, ATS said.
“During preliminary interrogation, it was found that Dar had called Raza to Anantnag for terror training,” the ATS said.
It was Dar who got Raza the membership of Hizbul Mujahideen, it added.
Based on this information, the ATS sought 14-day police custody of Dar, which was accepted by the court.
