Srinagar: Police arrested two militants of The Resistance Front (TRF) on Friday. As per reports, TRF is a shadow outfit of Lashkar-e-Toiba. Militants named Zubair Gul and Mohd Hamza were involved in many militant incidents in Srinagar. A pistol, grenade and other materials have been recovered from their possession.
"2 militants of TRF arrested by Srinagar Police namely Zubair Gul S/o Gh Mohd Bhat R/o Zoonimar (Category C) & Mohd Hamza Wali S/o Md Yousuf R/o Safakadal (Hybrid)," Srinagar Police tweeted. They were involved in many militant incidents in Srinagar, they said.
"One Pistol, one grenade and other material were recovered from their possession," a police official said, adding an FIR has been registered at the Safakadal police station.
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