Srinagar: A team of police and Rashtriya Rifles arrested three alleged overground workers (OGWs) of the Lashkar-e-Toiba in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.
Mujeeb Shamas, Tanveer Ahmad Mir and Imtiyaz Ahmad Sheikh — all residents of Mir Mohalla in Hajin — were arrested from Hajin area and incriminating material seized from them.
Police said that the trio had hoisted a Pakistani flag in the Hajin main market.
“They were arrested and questioned, following which a hand grenade, cloth used to make the flag and a sewing machine were seized. They have confessed that they are OGWs of LeT.
Further investigation is on,” police said.