A police officer told The Hindu that Shameem Ahmad Dar, of Hakbara in Bandipora district, was being interrogated for his role in the supply of the bullets meant for the police to militants. Dar, posted at the District Police Line in Pulwama, was arrested by the Special Operations Group, Kulgam, as part of “an ongoing investigation of a militant module.”
Two policemen were arrested in south Kashmir in October on a similar charge.
A militant hideout was unearthed at Chandergair in Hajin. A police officer said Rayees Ahmad Baba, a resident of Bon-Mohalla Asham, was arrested. Arms and ammunition were recovered from the cowshed of Abdul Rehman Parrey. Six militants, including the nephew of Zakiur-Rehman Lakhvi, a top leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, and a commando of the Indian Air Force GARUD were killed in a gunfight in the same house in November.
