Jammu & Kashmir: Police Arrest 3 Militants Of Muslim Jaanbaz Force Involved In Srinagar's Krishna Dhaba Attack

Pertinent to mention here that Owais Manzoor was previously involved in case FIR No 46/2018 under section 148, 149, 336, 152 RPC of PS Nowgam. The case was challaned on 4/12/2018 at district & sessions judge Budgam.

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Sirnagar: Jammu and Kashmir police achieved a big success with the arrest of three militants involved in Krishna Dhaba attack within 48 hours of commission of the crime. IGP Kashmir, while addressing a press conference identified the three attackers as Suhail Ahamad Mir of Dangerpora Nowgam, Owais Manzoor Sofi of Dangarpora  and Vilayat Aziz Mir of Hanipora Wampora Pulwama.

Pertinent to mention here that Owais Manzoor was previously involved in case FIR No 46/2018 under section 148, 149, 336, 152 RPC of PS Nowgam. The case was challaned on 4/12/2018 at district & sessions judge Budgam.

On 17th Feb 2021, when the European delegation was on a day visit, Pak based militant organisation LeT (which through its new modus operandi of floating new terror organisation and revival of some old names) in its cowardly attempt to disrupt the ongoing peaceful atmosphere in valley choose a soft target, a famous food outlet Krishna Dhaba and attacked its inmates to terrorise the non locals living in valley and to disrupt the tourist activity which has seen an upsurge from past two months as the food outlet is very famous and popular among the tourists visiting the valley.

Immediately after the attack Srinagar police with the help of CCTV footage and Technical assistance started working on certain leads and after hectic efforts on technical and human intelligence zeroed on certain clues and tied up with district police Pulwama and district Police Anantnag. On the basis of intelligence, many suspected spots were raided by the joint team of Srinagar and Pulwama police which led to arrest of Vilayat Aziz Mir son of Abdul Aziz Mir resident of Hanipora Wampora Pulwama. Similarly, by another joint team of Srinagar and Anantnag police various suspected spots were raided in Anantnag district, which led to the arrest of Suhail Ahmad Mir son of Fateh Mohd Mir and Owais Manzoor Sofi son of  Manzoor Ahmad Sofi, both residents of Dangerpora.
 
During further course of investigation, it was learnt that Vilayat was in contact with one Gazi, an active militant and trained him locally a month before. He performed the recce of Dalgate Durganag area along with other militant associates ten days prior to attack.

On 17/2/2021 the trio on the bike of Suhail Ahmed Mir son of Fateh Mohd Mir resident of Dangerpora, at around 7:15 reached Krishna Dhaba and fired indiscriminately on the staff, injuring critically Aakash Mehra son of Ramesh Kumar Mehra.

The statement further stated that The Pak based militant organisation have adopted new strategies by recruiting local youths who are in their teens and allowing them to mix up with the family friends and live normally and training them for a day or so. They are given task by their masters and in case they get caught a public opinion be generated that they were not active militants and joined only on the day of incident.

The arrest of the trio and recovery of weapon of crime (pistol) and grenade along with other incriminating material including bike used by militants within hours of attack is a big success for Jammu and Kashmir police.

It is pertinent to mention that trio during interrogation have confessed their involvement in the crime. A case , FIR No 11/2021 Police station Rammunsibagh has already been registered in this regard under relevant sections of law and further investigation is on.

Meanwhile IGP Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar has complemented the Srinagar, Pulwama and Anantnag Police who speedily carried out the investigation jointly under the close supervision of DIG Central Kashmir Range  Amit Kumar, reads the statement.