Jammu, Oct 12: In a major breakthrough, police today arrested 10 people involved in the September 4 suicide attack on Kamsar Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, which had left three persons killed and nine injured, bursting a Lashker-e-Toiba module. Working on the leads, a police team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (headquarters) Nasi Ahmed arrested two overground workers of the module, which had helped the two-member LeT suicide squad to carry out the attack on the Army camp, Senior Superintendent of Police Mukesh Singh said here.
On interrogation, Arfan Joo and Ahmed Din alias AD revealed the identity of the other eight members of the full-fledged module working directly under the command of the LeT commander for Poonch Ashan Elahie, he said, adding all of them were subsequently arrested. Those arrested besides Arfan Joo and Ahmed Din have been identified as Zahid Ahammad Bhatti, Mohammad Bhatti, Parveez (all students), Mohammad Mushtaq, Farooq Ahmed, Abdul Majeed, Gulam Mohammad and Ahmed Joo all from Seri Khawaj village of Poonch, Singh said.
As per the investigation, Elahie, the mastermind behind the attack on the Army camp, entrusted the task to two Pakistani 'fidayeens', Jameel Ahmed and Farooq Ahmed.
Elahie along with the 10 arrested members of the module had chalked out the plan for the attack on August 27 at Seri Khawaja, Singh said.
Ahmed Din accompanied the suicide squad members from Srikhawaja to Poonch town in a passenger bus, Singh said. Both the fidayeens were carrying fake identity cards as students of Lassan Higher Secondary School.
Mushtaq and Farooq, accompanied by Parveez, carried a bag of weapons and explosives in their truck from Srikhawaja to Poonch and handed over the bag to Ahmed Din. They were paid Rs 20,000 for the job, he said. The two fidayeens dressed in combat fatigue left the house of Arfan Joo for the attack on the Army camp. Three persons, including both the members of the suicide squad, were killed and nine injured in the attack.
Arfan Joo was paid Rs 20, 000 and Ahmed Rs 50,000, Singh said.
Gulam Mohammad and Abdul Majeed, close to the LeT commander, had planned the strategy of the attack in the house of Ahmed Joo.
As per directions, Zahid Bhatti and Mohammad Bhatti, who were paid Rs 10,000, arranged two Army caps, shoes, uniforms, belts and some type of medals for the two fidayeens, he said. After keeping the fidayeens at his home for the night, Ahmed Din had handed over them to Arfan Joo.
Arfan Joo carried out a recce of police lines, Army camp workshop and adjoining areas along with the two suicide squad members to prepare the plan for the attack, he said. Bureau Report