Srinagar | Jagran News Desk: In a major success for the security forces, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday night arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Nisar Ahmed Dar from the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital in Srinagar. The security forces also discovered huge weapons cache.
Dar was arrested in a joint operation by the Indian Army and the Special Operations Group of the Jammu and Kashmir Police. According to media reports, Dar was listed as a categorised terrorist and has eight FIRs against him. He was also detained twice under the Public Safety Act (PSA) before.
"Nisar Ahmad Dar, a resident of the Hajin area of Bandipore district in north Kashmir, was arrested by the Special Operations Group of the Jammu and Kashmir Police from Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital in the city," a Jammu and Kashmir police official -- quoted by PTI -- said.
Later Jammu and Kashmir police officer Imtiyaz Hussain also said that Dar has been arrested by the security forces and said that he had earlier escaped from an encounter in Kullan village of Ganderbal district, in which one Pakistani terrorist was killed.
"Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist Nisar Dar arrested by J&K Police and Security Forces. He had escaped from an encounter in Kullan Ganderbal in which one Pakistani terrorist of proscribed terror outfit was killed. This dreaded terrorist was wanted in many terror crimes," he said in a tweet.
Dar, who had joined Lashkar in 2018, was involved in terrorist activities for the last few years. He had earlier escaped from an encounter in Kullan Ganderbal in which one Pakistani terrorist was killed. He was a resident of the Hajin area of Bandipore district.
In 2018, he had gone missing from his home in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora folllowing which he joined the Lashkar-e-Taiba. A picture of Dar flaunting an AK-47 also went viral on social media.
Dar has also worked with Lashkar's top terrorist active in North Kashmir, Salim Parray. The security forces are now interrogating him for more information about planned operations.