The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday stated it has arrested 5 individuals working a weblog who have been behind a “discredit campaign” towards outstanding journalist Shujaat Bukhari and others earlier than they have been killed.
Police stated the weblog, kashmirfight.wordpress.com, was “run by a white-collar terrorist syndicate” whose job was to arrange a “hit-list” of presidency officers, journalists, social activists, legal professionals and political functionaries. The police had earlier claimed that it was being run by Pakistan.
“In a J&K-wide operation, houses and properties were searched at several places… belonging to five persons…” police stated, including that that they had seized a number of cell telephones, digital storage units and computing platforms. confiscated.
The arrested individuals have been recognized as Najeesh Yasrab Rahmani and Tabish Akbar Rahmani of Sanatnagar, Sofi Mohammad Akbar of Rajbagh, Peerzada Raqif Makhdoomi of Batpora Hazratbal and Javed Khalid of Poonch.
With the arrest, the police stated, “Hopefully the final plan behind the murders of journalist Shujaat Bukhari, advocate Babar Qadri and businessman Satpal Nischal will be revealed.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
