Security forces say they have busted a major terror module with the elimination of three heavily armed Pakistani militants and the arrest of the driver of the truck in which they were being taken to Kashmir from Jammu and a BSc nursing student, who posed as a cleaner of the truck.

“It is a major breakthrough for us as Mohammad Iqbal, who is a BSc nursing student and was in touch with militants, hired Riaz Ahmad for ensuring safe travel of the militants to Kashmir from Jammu,” said a senior officer of security forces, who was part of the Thursday encounter.

“Earlier, they were tasked for the same assignment four times and they transported militants successfully. They had ensured safe travel for at least 20 militants from Jammu to Kashmir in the past,” the officer said.

Talking to reporters in Dhirthi village, Maj Gen Arvind Bhatia, General Officer Commanding, Uniform Force, said the duo was involved in ferrying militants from Jammu to Kashmir and they had done it four or five times in the past.

“The militants might have infiltrated from the International Border between Bobiyan and Samba and were being taken to Kashmir in the truck — a task assigned to the arrested persons,” the GOC said.

Sources said the arrested duo was offered Rs 50,000 to transport the militants to Kashmir and they had reached Jammu in the truck on September 9 via Mughal Road. “They picked up the militants from Dayalachak area.”

Courtesy: Tribune: 14th Sep, 2018