Kupwara police in coordination with army and other agencies have arrested three militants associates- Ab Rouf Malik, Altaf Ahmad and Riyaz Ahmad- who during questioning disclosed about two hideouts constructed for militants of HM outfit on the instructions of a Pakistan based terrorist handler Farooq Ahmad Pir @ Nadeem Usmani of Kakroosa Kupwara presently based in POK where some arms and ammunition has also been concealed which were unearthed one AK rifle, 02 AK Magazines, 119 AK Ammunition, 01 Pistol, 01 Pistol Mag, 04 Pistol Rounds, 06 Hand Grenades, 01 IED, 02 Detonators, 02 wire bundles and one water tank of approximately 100 liters capacity has been recovered from the hideouts. Two more terrorist associates including Ab Majeed Beigh Son of Ghulam Mohammad Beigh resident of Humhama Budgam and another from Bandipora who have been actively supporting the trio in their activities were also detained for investigation.
