SAA event in Jammu and Kashmir, Udham Singh Nagar District area, India on Thu 9th April 2026

On April 09, two inter-state arms smugglers, identified as Harendar Singh and Nikhil Verma (both 27), were arrested in Udham Singh Nagar District in Uttarakhand for supplying weapons to a Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) based terror associate linked to the Al Badr group, Press Trust of India. The accused were intercepted during a search operation in SIDCUL Phase-II after police stopped a white Swift car without a number plate. During search, police recovered two rifles, two pistols, one revolver and 344 cartridges. Investigations revealed that the duo had supplied arms in 2021 to Rehan Mir. Financial and mobile records indicated suspicious transactions linked to J&K. The accused further disclosed the involvement of Indrajit Sandhu and Pawan Sandhu as key operators in the network. Both Rehan Mir and Harendar Singh are wanted in a case registered by the Delhi Police Special Cell. Probe is ongoing under the Arms Act.