“Delhi Police arrest Lashkar terrorist Riyaz Ahmed, a retired Army personnel in connection to cross-border arms smuggling and terrorism”, Opindia, February 6, 2024:

“On 4th February, Delhi Police arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist identified as Riyaz Ahmed from the New Delhi Railway Station. Reports suggest that Ahmed retired from the Indian Army in January 2023. Ahmed got arrested days after Jammu and Kashmir Police busted a LeT module in district Kupwara that was plotting to carry out attacks in the region.

As per the police, Ahmed conspired with two other terrorists, identified as Khursheed Ahmed Rather and Ghulam Sarwar Rather, to receive weapons and ammunition from the handlers across the Line of Control (LoC). In a statement, Delhi Police said. 

“The accused, Riyaz Ahmed, was a retired army personnel and was actively involved in hatching a conspiracy along with his associates to receive arms and ammunition from across the LoC by the terrorist handlers of LeT for carrying out subversive activities in J&K….”

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