Congress Leader's Brother Among 12 Booked For Terrorist Links In J&K's Kishtwar

A dozen persons, including the brother of a senior Congress leader, were booked in two separate FIRs for their alleged links with Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. While six persons, who were named in one of the FIRs were arrested, six others, including Mohammad Shafi, the brother of state Congress vice president and former minister G M Saroori, are at large and efforts are on to nab them, they said. “I came to know about it (naming of Shafi in the FIR) just now and was shocked. Our people can never do such a thing. Tomorrow, I will try to find out what is the matter,” Saroori told PTI.

The officials said Shafi and five others — Masood Ahmad Mattoo, Mohammad Muzaffar Shah, Ghulam Mohammad, Tawseef Ahmad Gandna and Syed Ahmad — were named in FIR (No:229/2019) and are accused of providing shelter and transport to active terrorists of Hizbul Mujahideen to carry out their activities.

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