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Woman arms courier held

JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested a woman acting as an arms courier for the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.

Talking to reporters here on Saturday, Inspector General Police Sheesh Pal Vaid said: “We have arrested a girl student of a local Law College, Nahida Altaf, on a tip-off, at Tanda in Akhnoor, 30 km from here.

An under barrel grenade launcher and eight grenades were recovered from a car in which she and her parents were coming to Jammu from Poonch.”

He said Special Operation Group personnel were rushed to Srinagar and Poonch districts following the disclosures made by her.

During questioning, Nahida, daughter of policeman Altaf Hussain of Surankote (Poonch), said she was given the consignment by Altaf Ahmad. She was to pass it on to Fayaz Ahmad Talak of Anantnag, the police officer said.

Her family had no knowledge about the presence of arms and ammunition in the car.

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