He was in contact with JeM’s Waleed Bhai, a resident of Pakistan, for purchase of arms and ammunition
A “wanted militant sympathiser”, who was in touch with a Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant, was arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi after his deportation from Qatar, the Jammu and Kashmir police said on Friday.
“Muneeb Ahmad Sofi, a resident of Bijbehara’s Kanelwan, was a top overground worker [OGW] of JeM,” Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar said.
Sofi, according to the police, was in contact with JeM’s Waleed Bhai, a resident of Pakistan, for purchase of arms and ammunition. Bhai was killed in an encounter last year.
The police said the role of Sofi surfaced during an investigation of a case registered under FIR No. 58/2020 under sections 13, 18, 19, 38, 39 of the ULA(P) Act.
“An accused arrested in the case disclosed that he, along with other OGWs, were collecting money for JeM from various districts in Kashmir and handing over the collected amount to Sofi. A look-out notice was published against him and a non-bailable warrant issued under Section 25 of the Police Act,” the police said.
Sofi is being brought to Kulgam for investigation, the police said.
Mobile Net stopped in south Kashmir
Meanwhile, mobile Internet service was snapped in all four districts of south Kashmir on Friday in the wake of Pakistan observing the day as Kashmir Solidarity Day .
A senior police officer said the service was stopped “as a precautionary measure”. “There were inputs of violence and terror attacks here as Pakistan was observing Kashmir Solidarity Day,” the officer added.
Locals said the mobile Net was stopped on Thursday night.
Pakistan has been observing the day every year for the past many decades.