In a major breakthrough, Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested a top militant who is suspected to have provided logistical support to hijackers of IC-814 in 1999 and was operating for the last 25 years in Jammu and Kashmir. IGP Jammu, Dilbagh Singh informed this at a press conference.According to official sources, Mehrajuddin alias Javed, a close associate of United Jihad Council (UJC) Chief Syed Salahuddin and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, was arrested during an operation in Kishtwar forest belt yesterday. His name had figured in the IC-814 hijack case as he had provided logistic support for hijacking of the Indian aircraft to Kandahar from Nepal.
News On AIR | September 13, 2012 6:43 PM
J&K Police arrests top militant