Captured Pak militant remanded in police custody

Srinagar, August 28

A court in Sopore, Baramulla, has remanded suspected Pakistani insurgent who was captured a shootout on Thursday in five days of police custody.

(Also read: 2nd Pak militant captured in Valley)

Sajjad Ahmed alias Abu Obaidullah was captured by the army in Rafiabad near the Line of Control on Thursday. Three other suspected militants were killed in a two-day long gun battle after the army caught them sneaking into the Indian territory in Uri sector.

A day before the encounter, another extremist was gunned down after security forces received intelligence reports of militants’ presence in the area.

Ahmed's detention comes three weeks after Naved, a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist from Pakistan, was arrested after he and his associate attacked a BSF convoy in Chenani area of Udhampur district on August 5. His associate was killed in the shootout that followed. — PTI