Jammu Police (ANI image)
NEW DELHI: Jammu Police on Thursday arrested a 19-year-old teen for allegedly planning and attempting to carry out a terror attack, amid suspicions of links to Pakistan-based handlers.Police identified the accused as a resident of Reasi district who had been living in the Bathindi area of Jammu. He has emerged as a key suspect in FIR No. 331/2025 registered at Bahu Fort Police Station under Section 113(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), news agency ANI reported.
According to officials, preliminary investigations indicate that the teenager was radicalised online and was reportedly in touch with phone numbers traced to Pakistan and other foreign countries. His digital devices have been seized for forensic examination, while interrogation is currently underway. Meanwhile, in a separate action, Jammu and Kashmir Police conducted extensive raids at multiple locations across the Kashmir Valley as part of its crackdown on the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI).The searches were carried out in Anantnag, Pulwama, Budgam, Kulgam and Kupwara districts, targeting residential premises and sites linked to JeI members and their associates. Officials said the operation aims to dismantle the terror ecosystem and its support structures in the region following credible intelligence inputs regarding anti-national activities.Electronic gadgets, documents and literature were recovered and seized for further scrutiny. In Kupwara’s Handwara area, searches were also conducted at the Jamia Islamia Institute in Waripora over suspected unlawful activities and possible links with the banned outfit.
