LeT militant arrested with havala money in J&K

A Lashkar-e-Toiba militant was arrested and havala money recovered from him in Banihal on Thursday night, police said.

A Lashkar-e-Toiba militant was arrested and havala money recovered from him in Banihal on Thursday night, police said.

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Acting on a tip off, police intercepted a Tata sumo on Jammu-Srinagar national highway and arrested LeT militant along with Rs 2.9 lakh havala money at Banihal in Ramban district, they said.

The arrested militant was identified as Roshan Din, police said adding that a case has been registered against him and further investigation was on to ascertain the vital clues about the militants.

Preliminary questioning revealed that Din was given havala money by an unidentified militant at Anantnag bus stand for delivering it to LeT district commander of Banihal, Abu Mussa, police said.