He was in contact with JeM’s Waleed Bhai, a resident of Pakistan, for purchase of arms and ammunition
A “wanted militant sympathiser”, who was in touch with a Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant, was arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi after his deportation from Qatar, the Jammu and Kashmir police said on Friday.
“Muneeb Ahmad Sofi, a resident of Bijbehara’s Kanelwan, was a top overground worker [OGW] of JeM,” Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar said.
Sofi, according to the police, was in contact with JeM’s Waleed Bhai, a resident of Pakistan, for purchase of arms and ammunition. Bhai was killed in an encounter last year.
The police said the role of Sofi surfaced during an investigation of a case registered under FIR No. 58/2020 under sections 13, 18, 19, 38, 39 of the ULA(P) Act.
“An accused arrested in the case disclosed that he, along with other OGWs, were collecting money for JeM from various districts in Kashmir and handing…