Srinagar: The J&K Police’s State Investigation Agency said on Saturday that it has arrested the key handler in a narco-terror case in Srinagar city.
“SIA Kashmir today achieved a major breakthrough in a Narco-Terror case after a key handler was arrested from the Bemina area of Srinagar city. The accused named Basharat Ali, son of Mohd Sadeeq, a resident of Tad Karnah Kupwara, was evading arrest in case FIR No 19/2022 of SIA Kashmir for the last three years,” the SIA said in a statement.
The case pertains to a Pakistan-sponsored Narco-Terror module of Lashkar-e-Taiba involved in the smuggling of narcotics and weapons from across the border in the Karnah sector, with the proceeds from the sale of narcotic substances being pumped into sustaining terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir, it added.
“Basharat is the fourth proclaimed absconder to be arrested in this case, and SIA is optimistic of unravelling more linkages of the case with his arrest”, the statement said, adding that this year SIA Kashmir has conducted numerous successful operations in its endeavour to dismantle the menace of narco-terrorism, resulting in the arrest of some key operatives of terror organisations.
SIA arrests key handler in narco-terror case
