Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Nissar Dar arrested in J&K's Srinagar
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The security forces on Friday late night arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Nissar Ahmed Dar from Srinagar. According to news reports, he was arrested by the Special Operations Group of the J&K Police from Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital in the city.
Arms and ammunition were also recovered from his possession. Security forces are now interrogating him for more information about planned operations.
According to sources, he was reportedly planning an attack on some security force establishment for some time.
ANI reported the arrested by tweeting, “J&K: Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist Nisar Dar arrested by security forces last night. He had earlier escaped from an encounter in Kullan Ganderbal in which one Pakistani terrorist was killed.”
23-year-old, Dar has been active for the past several years and is a categorised terrorist. He has at least eight FIRs registered against him, of which 7 were registered in 2016 and one in 2019. He was also detained twice under the Public Safety Act (PSA), once in 2016 and again in 2017.
According to sources, Dar is an associate of Salim Parray, who is a top LeT terrorist in North Kashmir.