6 arrested in J&K for providing SIM cards to militants

Six persons, including two brothers, have been arrested for allegedly providing SIM cards to militants in Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir, police said today.

Acting on specific inputs that a group of people are working as couriers for militants by providing them mobile SIM cards, a police team raided several places in Surankote and Mendhar areas and arrested six persons yesterday, sub-divisional police officer, Surankote, Javaid Iqbal said.

The arrested persons have been identified as Waqar Ahmed and Pawar Ahmed (both brothers), Arshad Ahmed, Imran Ahmed, Khalid Quarishi and Tahir Khan.