SNS KASHMIR
Srinagar, April 05 :
Two LeT associates on Wednesday escaped police custody in Baramulla district.
An official told Kashmir scroll that two LeT associates escaped police custody following which the joint security forces launched a massive cordon and search operations.
He said that these associates who were accused in a 2022 bomb blast case escaped from the custody of the Jammu and Kashmir police on the morning of April 5.
He said that they were involved in a bomb blast case in May 2022 at a wine shop in the district of Baramulla.
Notably, the Jammu and Kashmir police identified the four LeT associates as Shahid Showkat Bala, Safeer Ahmad Mir, Maroof Nazir Soleh, and Faisal Shaban Gojri, all residents of Baramulla while their associate Hatif Ahmad Sofi was from Arampora, Baramulla.
“Those who escaped from police custody have been identified as Maroof Nazir Soleh and Shahid Showkat Bala. Both were affiliated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).” he said—(KS)