Kathua Terror Attack: Jammu and Kashmir Police Busts JeM Terror Module, 8 Associates Arrested

Jammu and Kashmir Police, late on Monday, August 12, arrested kingpin Mohd Lateef alias Haji Lateef and 8 other members associated with the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) terrorist outfit from the Kathua district. Arrested suspects to be involved in recent July 18 terror attack on security forces in the region.

J&K senior police described the arrests as a significant breakthrough in the ongoing efforts to counter terrorism and disrupt terror networks in the region. The police further stated that the operation was a successful encounter in the Gandoh area, where three foreign terrorists were killed.

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Subsequent to successful operation in Gandoh resulting in the killing of three foreign terrorists and on the basis of intelligence leads provided by central agencies followed by investigation by police, a module, apparently the main one, behind the recent infiltration that has…

— ANI (@ANI) August 13, 2024

Intelligence from central agencies, coupled with subsequent police investigations, led to the revelling of a major terror module. “This terror module appears to be the primary group responsible for a recent infiltration, which has contributed to the rise in terrorist activities and movements in the upper regions of Doda, Udhampur, and Kathua,” the police officer said, reported by Rising Kashmir.com.