Srinagar: After making announcement a reward on the heads of three Hizbul Mjahideen terrorists active in the Kishtwar region, the Jammu and Kashmir police has put up posters in the Kishtwar region, asking people to provide information to arrest the three “active terrorists” against a cash reward of Rs 30 lakh.
The cash reward has been announced for providing information about Mohammad Amin alias Jehangir Saroori and his two accomplices, Riyaz Ahmad alias Hazari and Mudassir Hussain. These terrorists have been instrumental in reviving militancy in the region, said a police official adding that all the three terrorists were affiliated to Hizbul Mujahideen and were led by Jehangir Saroori.
The poster carrying photos of the three terrorists says that identity of the informant shall be kept secret.
Two mobile phone numbers have been given out for giving the information to the police.
The Chenab valley in the Jammu region was a hub of militancy in the early nineties, but it was totally curbed and the twin districts of Doda and Kishtwar were declared terrorism-free a decade back.
Militancy, however, showed signs of revival in the area after senior BJP leader Anil Parihar and his brother Ajit Parihar were attacked outside their house in Kishtwar on November 1, 2018, while RSS leader Chandrakant Sharma and his security guard were killed near the district hospital on April 9.
“Jehangir Saroori and his men masterminded the killings,”said the police official.