Grenade event in Jammu and Kashmir, Budgam District area, India on Fri 24th June 2022

Police, on June 24, busted a narco-militancy funding module of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) by arresting four militants in Budgam District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), reports Daily Excelsior. A Police spokesman said that Police in Budgam along with 53 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) of Army and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) arrested four militant associates identified as Younis Manzoor, Mehboob Ahmed, both residents of Wathoora Chadoora, Irshad Ahmad Ganie, resident of Arigam Khansahib and Muzaffar Ahmad, resident of Parnewa, Khansahib. The spokesman said that investigation revealed that the arrested militant associates were involved in providing logistic support to LeT by distributing proceeds of narcotics to active militants and militancy operatives of the outfit. Investigations also revealed that module has been working on the directions of militancy operatives for collection of narcotics and subsequently distributing the proceeds of narcotics among the militants. “Besides, incriminating material of outfit LeT, explosive substance including three grenades, two AK-magazines and 65 rounds of AK-47 were recovered from their possession,” the Police spokesman said.