ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Military DG ISPR rejects Indian media reports.
Pakistan’s chief military spokesperson has rebuffed an Indian media reportthat a decorated Kashmir police officer was arrested for helping totransport ‘Hizbul terrorists’, calling it an ill-planned attempt to stage afalse flag operation against Pakistan.
Tweeting from his private account on Sunday, Inter-Services PublicRelations (ISPR) DG Major General Asif Ghafoor said, “After failed drama ofkilling and mutilating a Kashmiri near LoC [Line of Control], ill-plannedattempt for repeat of Delhi2001/Mumbai 2008 type false flag [operation]looks failed”.
He hoped that the results of investigations will be made public andarrested suspects would be found listed in an Indian jail.
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According to Indian media reports, DSP Davinder Singh was apprehended lateon Saturday when his vehicle was pulled over at a police checkpoint southof Srinigar.
Singh, according to reports, had worked for the police for decades and wasa member of an elite counter-insurgency force in the occupied territory.
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“The fast moving car was stopped and searched. Two ‘wanted militants’ andour officer… and a third person were arrested in the operation,” Kashmirpolice chief Vijay Kumar told reporters.
Kumar said police and intelligence agencies were questioning Singh,accusing the officer of a “heinous crime”.
Security forces also claimed recovering guns and ammunition from severallocations in the follow up to the arrests, including from Singh’s residencein Srinagar.
One of those arrested was identified as ‘Naveed Babu’, who the Indianpolice claimed was the deputy commander of a freedom fighters group,“Hizbul Mujahideen”.
