The police on Monday said that they had arrested a PhD scholar along with five other terrorists for launching an abortive suicide car bomb attack on a CRPF convoy along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway last month.

The attack was jointly hatched by terror outfits JeM and Hizbul Mujahideen under the command of Pakistan-based terrorist Munna Bihari, Jammu IGPMK Sinha told reporters here.

The arrested persons included a PhD scholar who is an active member of the Jamiat-e-Talaba, the student wing of the banned Jammat-e-Islami.

His interrogation revealed that the group was engaged in radicalising youthsfor jihad (holy war), said Sinha. He said the National Investigation Agency was taking over the case tomorrow for further investigation. — PTI

Courtesy :The tribune,30 april,2019