Srinagar, May 17: In a major crackdown on anti-national and subversive elements, Srinagar Police has booked 23 individuals under the Public Safety Act (PSA) for their involvement in terrorist activities and repeated disruption of public order across the district.
Police spokesperson in a statement issued to the news agency JKNS, these individuals were either associates of proscribed terrorist outfits or known miscreants involved in criminal acts despite having multiple FIRs already registered against them.
The following individuals have been identified and booked under PSA:
Saqib Shafi Wani of Baghi Sunder Bala Chattabal; Waleed Aijaz Sheikh alias Waleed of Batmaloo; Hashim Farooq Mir of Ikhrajpora Rajbagh; Sayar Ahmad Sheikh alias Sahil of Batmaloo; Tawseef Ahmad Khan of Firdous Abad Batmaloo; Showkat Ahmad Dar of Nishat; Ali Mohammad Rather alias Ali Pakistani of Malfuk Hazratbal; Owais Farooq Lone of Tral (presently in Maisuma); Musaib Ahmad Khan of Hamdania Colony Bemina; Feroz Ahmad Najar of Chandipora Harwan; Shabir Ahmad Ghulam of Bagiyas; Sajid Shahnawaz Mir alias Patrole of Batmaloo; Numan Qayoom Ganie of Chanpora; Owais Altaf Bhat of Padshahibagh; Junaid Zahoor Bangroo of Malik Angan Fatehkadal; Muzaffar Farooq Mir alias Muzaffar of Kanpora Budgam; Uneeb Naseer Mir of Kanpora Budgam; Irfan Ahmad Seeru alias Irfan of Nawakadal; Fahad Bashir Sidique alias Umar Kochwa of Khanyar; Zubair Ahmad Lone of Saidapora Eidgah; Faizan Yaseen Sheikh of Jamalatta; Ibrahim Rashid Ganie alias Gopi alias Umar of Batmaloo; and Abdul Hamid Ganie of Harwan.
Formal detention orders were issued by the District Magistrate Srinagar on the basis of detailed dossiers prepared by the police. All 23 have since been shifted to District Jails in Poonch, Udhampur, and Kot Balwal, it reads.
Police said that despite facing multiple criminal cases in the past, these individuals continued their disruptive and anti-national conduct even after securing bail. Their repeated involvement in criminal and public disorder activities compelled the authorities to act under PSA.
J&K Police reiterated its commitment to uprooting anti-national networks and warned those engaging in unlawful acts that the law would catch up with them. “Every offender will face justice,” the spokesperson said. (JKNS)
