Jammu, July 30 || An overground worker (OGW) of terrorists was arrested with three pistols in J&K’s Jammu district while he was travelling towards Srinagar in a private vehicle, police said on Wednesday.
The youth, identified as Azan Hameed Gazi, son of Abdul Hameed Gazi of Qamarwari area in Srinagar, was arrested after arms and ammunition were recovered from his possession during a check in the Nagrota area of the district on Tuesday night.
“Based on specific input, a party from the police station Nagrota laid a special ‘Naka’ (checkpost) at TCP Bypass, Nagrota at around 9.20 p.m. yesterday. During checking, a car, which was heading towards Srinagar from Jammu, was intercepted. During the search of the vehicle, police recovered three pistols, three empty magazines, eight live cartridges, and two empty cartridges from the possession of the driver," a police official said.
The driver was arrested, an FIR under relevant sections of the Arms Act registered at Police Station Nagrota, and further investigation is going on, the official added.