JAMMU, April 7: The ISI is revitalising the Khalistan Zindabad Force in Kashmir. Disclosing this at a conference here this morning, the J&K DGP, Mr Ashok Suri, told reporters that with the arrest of a KZF hitman, Virender Sharma alias Chhotu, the police had aborted a KZF plot to destroy key installations in and around Jammu.
Virender has been to Pakistan several times and is a close aide of KZF leader Neeta, who is among the 20 militants India has asked Pakistan to hand over. Virender is also a trans-border arms and narcotics smuggler.
The DGP said police had received inputs on the revival of KZF, following which they carried out operations to track down the ultras and break their nexus.
Aided by Jammu Police, the special operations group of the state police raided a terrorist hideout at Jewel Chowk late last night and booked Virender under Pota. Forty two revolvers were seized from his possession.
The DGP said a major tragedy had been avoided as KZF militants had the Jammu railway station, the airport, bus terminuses and other vital installations on their hit list. From his interrogation, police were able to know the whereabouts of the self-styled operations chief of KZF, Amreek Singh alias Bittu, who was later arrested.
It has been established that the People's Democratic Party's Udhampur district president Surinder Singh alias Fauji, detained by the SOG last Thursday, also had links with the KZF. This is the first time that a political leader of Udhampur has been detained for his links with subversive elements. Singh will be booked under Pota, police said. Three revolvers, all belonging to the KZF, have been seized from Singh.

Courtesy: Statesman News Service