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Lashkar-e-Taiba militant held in J&K

A Lashker-e-Toiba militant was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said. Mohammad Mohsin Thoker alias Abu Hamza, a resident of Auynura village, was arrested by a joint search party of police, CRPF and Rashtriya Rifles from Wahipora village

Updated on: Jul 27, 2012 5:17 PM IST
PTI | By , Srinagar
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A Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militant was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district today, police said.

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Mohammad Mohsin Thoker alias Abu Hamza, a resident of Auynura village, was arrested by a joint search party of police, CRPF and Rashtriya Rifles from Wahipora village, 32 km from here, they said.

Thoker was hiding in the house of one Ajaz Ahmad Najar in the village and was arrested on a specific information, a mobile phone, sim card, memory card, 12 letter pads of LeT and a stamp of the outfit were recovered from his possession.

In another operation, a joint team of police and Rashtriya Rifles recovered two hand grenades, one AK magazine with 30 rounds of ammunition and LeT letter pads from a militant hideout at Shirpora in Baramulla district, police said.