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Srinagar, Feb 19: Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a militant associate of Lashkar-e-Toiba’s (LeT) TRF in Eidgah area of Srinagar.

A police spokesman in a statement issued to the news agency said that on specific information, a joint party of Police and CRPF arrested a militant associate of LeT/TRF identified as Junaid Mushtaq Bhat, son of Mushtaq Ahmed Bhat of Nillow Kulgam at Eidgah area of Srinagar along with a pistol. 

During preliminary investigation, it came to fore that the militant associate had come to Srinagar city to carry out militant incidents, especially target killings.

Regarding both the incidents, the cases under relevant sections have been registered and further investigation is going on.(KNO)