Jammu, July 20: The Army has launched a crackdown on the network of militant supporters, commonly known as "over-ground workers" (OGWs) in the border districts of Jammu and Kashmir and arrested five of them in Rajouri, official sources here said today. Troops raided a hideout in Kalakot area of Rajouri district last night and arrested four OGWs, allegedly working with pro-Pakistani Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), the sources said.
The OGWs have been identified as Abdul Qayoom alias Kamraj, Bashir Ahmed, Mohammad Latif and Noor Hussain. Eight improvised explosive devices and some pipe bombs were recovered from them.
In another operation one more militant supporter, Mubarak Hussain, was arrested from Thandapani area last night, the sources said, Militant outfits Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT), Jeish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Harkat-ul-Jehadi-Islami (HuJI), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen(HuM) have a network of over 1000 to 2000 over-ground workers operating in Rajouri and Poonch districts, the sources said.
The OGWs are engaged for carrying weapons, information, money and for guiding foreign militants in attacks against security forces, they said. Bureau Report