Police have arrested a Personal Security Officer (PSO) and his associate who went ‘missing’ with two weapons from the residence of a BJP activist in North Kashmir’s Kupwara on December 12.
Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar confirmed the arrest of PSO and his ‘associate’, reported news agency GNS.
During intervening night of December 12 and 13, Saqib Ahmad Tantry (SPO) son of Sanaullah Tantry of Bohipora, deployed as PSO with BJP activist Abdul Rashid Zargar had fled with two weapons. Saqib’s “associate” Arif Ahmad son of Bashir Ahmad Mir, also resident of Bohipora Kupwara, had also gone missing on the same time, they said.
Originally a resident of Lolab, Abdul Rashid Zargar is presently being kept along with other protected persons in PWD building at Salkoot and it is here where the duo had gone missing, the sources added.
Sources said that police had also announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for providing information leading to the arrest of the duo.
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