The police had received credible information about the presence of active terrorists of The Resistance Front (TRF), an off-shoot of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), in a few residential houses of Barthana in Qamarwari area, the release stated.

Bandipora (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 21 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Police, in a joint operation with the Indian Army on Saturday, arrested a terrorist from Bandipora.

Bandipora (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 18 (ANI): A terrorist of the proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has been arrested, the Bandipora Police informed on Monday.

New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has declared a cash reward against four cadres of The Resistance Front (TRF), a frontal outfit of the proscribed terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 23 (ANI): In a joint operation, security forces and Baramulla Police on Wednesday have arrested two overground workers of The Resistance Front (TRF) terrorist group at Zehanpora, Baramulla and recovered 40 live rounds of AK-47 from their possession.

Jammu Feb 22 PTI An alleged over ground worker of The Resistance Front TRF an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba LeT outfit was arrested by the police and a grenade recovered here officials said The timely arrest of the suspect foiled the terrorists plan to carry out a grenade attack in the winter capital Jammu the officials said Shakir Ahmad Naikoo a resident of Harpora village of south Kashmirs Shopian district was picked up on specific information by the police from the Narwal area in the outskirts of the city they said Preliminary investigations revealed that Naikoo was working as an over ground worker of TRF and was assigned the task to carry out a grenade attack in the city they said He was booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and Explosive Substances Act the officials saidadding that he was being questioned Some more arrests and recoveries are expected at his disclosure PTI TAS AB CJ CJ

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 19 (ANI): A TRF (The Resistance Front) terrorist, planning a "target killing" in the Eidgah area of Srinagar, has been arrested, said the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday.

Ganderbal (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 29 (ANI): Ganderbal Police along with the teams of 24 Rashtriya Rifles and 115 Batallion of CRPF on Friday arrested three terrorists who are allegedly affiliated with proscribed outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the Resistance Front (TRF), said a statement by the Indian army on Saturday.

Srinagar Dec 31 PTI Kashmir Police chief Vijay Kumar on Friday hit out at the mainstream politicians in the valley for trying to instigate the people even as he said the political leaders or media do not have a right to term the police investigation as wrong and only court can decide thatAddressing a press conference here to list out the achievements of Kashmir Zone Police the Inspector General of Police Kashmir asked the politicians to desist from instigating the public and destroying the youthKumar said the situation in the valley had improved in 2021 contrary to what some of the mainstream politicians or some media persons suggestSome political party leaders some section of media keep on saying that the situation has not improved Some have gone to the extent of saying that the situation was like 1990s The factual data on the ground shows that whatever they are saying is wrong There has been much improvement in the situation the IGP told reporters at a press conference where only selected media persons were invitedGiving details he said last year 238 terror incidents took place in Kashmir while only 192 happened this yearThe number of civilians killed last year was 37 while it was 34 this year even as the militants openly instigated that they will kill civilians political workers and forces And just to hide their terror crime legitimise it they call them informers We took several preventive measures to protect the people he saidHe said some politicians were legitimising the killings of civilians and policemen by terrorists and added it was a challenge for the security forcesUnfortunately we see some politicians also legitimising the killings What was the need to the encounter of the dreaded terrorist TRF commander Mehran Shalla with his photo and say it was cruel there is a human rights violation He killed many civiliansIs it wrong to kill a terrorist like TRF chief Abbas Sheikh in an encounter Why show sympathy with him This is wrong I want to tell the politicians request them to stop this that this is wrong you are destroying the youth the society he saidWhen asked about National Conference NC president Farooq Abdullah terming the polices special investigation team SITs investigation into Hyderpora encounter as wrong Kumar said while the politicians have a right to not be satisfied with an investigation and demand a probe on a higher level they have no right to term the inquiry as wrongThis is a democratic set up and media persons politicians and the families have the right to not be satisfied with the investigation and seek a higher-level probe thorough the NIA CBI High Court We do not have any objection to that But only court can decide whether any investigation is wrong he saidThe IGP said the SIT investigated the incident and will frame a chargesheet which then it will submit to the court which will take a judicial reviewA judge will decide whether the investigation is wrong or not No politician family member or media person can do that or say it is concocted they have no such right he saidReferring to Abdullah Kumar said the NC president has been a chief minister under whom the Home Department falls and so he understands what policing isThe court will decide that It is not that we have given a clean chit Our each case will be decided by court We will not decide that So I request such a leader to not instigate the public Let the court decide If the court thinks it is wrong it will order to reinvestigate it he saidContinuing his tirade against the mainstream politicians in the valley the IGP said some political leaders questioned the use of the term Hybrid militants by J-K Police militants who carry out attacks and then go on with their normal activitiesThe fact remains that police coined the term in January 2021 the Goggle has also accepted it We identify them from their digital signature This is a challenge and will remain so So far we have identified 25 of them he saidThe Kashmir Police chief also took a dig at the New Delhi-based media for talking about the impact of the spillover of the Taliban takeover of AfghanistanThe people the media talked much about new recruitment many articles were written by Delhi media that there will be spurt in militancy in Kashmir after the Taliban takeover But by the support of the people the families we have been able to stop it to a large extent he saidHe said last year 167 youth had joined militancy while as this year only 128Out of 128 30 were killed within a month only after their joining he added PTI SSB RCJ RCJ

Srinagar Nov 24 PTI Three militants including a self-styled commander of terror outfit The Resistance Front TRF wanted in the recent civilian killings in the city were gunned down by security forces on Wednesday officials saidThe brief shootout occurred at the Rambagh area in the city they saidOfficials said the three militants including Mehran Shalla the self-styled commander of TRF were travelling in a car when they were waylaid by the security forcesThe militants were shot dead as they tried to escape they saidApart from Shalla a resident of the Jamalata area of the city the other two slain militants are Manzoor Ahmad Mir and Arafat Sheikh both residents of Pulwama officials saidAccording to the officials the militants were affiliated with TRF an offshoot of Lashkar-e-TaibaMehran was wanted by the security forces in connection with several civilian killings including the shooting of two teachers inside a school in the Eidgah area of Srinagar last month they said PTI MIJ NSD