New Delhi sources stated that the National Investigation Agency has filed a charge sheet in connection with a case, where arms, ammunition and explosives were recovered from 3 Kashmiri youth in Jalandhar. Reportedly three accused namely Zahid Gulzar, Yasir Rafiq Bhat and Mohd. Idiris Shah was arrested on October 10 2018 from a hostel room of CT Group of Institutions, Shahpur, Jalandhar.
Accordingly one AK-56 Rifle along with 02 Magazines having 27 live rounds each, one Pistol (.30 bore) along with 02 magazines and 31 live rounds and one Kg explosive powder were recovered from the possession of the above mentioned accused at the time of their arrest. Furthermore two of them viz. Zahid Gulzar and Yasir Rafiq Bhat were studying at CT Institute, Jalandhar and third Mohd. Idris Shah, was studying at St. Soldier Institute, Jalandhar. further during investigation, other accused Sohail Ahmad Bhat, PS Awantipora, Distt Pulwama, a student of Universal Group of Institutions, Lalru, Punjab, was also arrested in the case.
Moreover investigation revealed that in furtherance of this conspiracy, accused had collected two consignments of arms, ammunition and explosives from Gurdaspur and Amritsar in the months of August and October 2018. Apparently the designs of the terrorists were, however, defeated due to timely arrest of the accused.
