Kashmir has 1 active local terrorist, says IG

Valley recruitment stopped this year: Police chiefSRINAGAR: Kashmir has just one active local terrorist and recruitment in the valley completely stopped this year, while security forces were tracking a handful of foreign terrorists believed to be assisting him, J&K police IG Sujit Kumar said Thursday.Police identified the lone local terrorist as Mohammad Lateef Bhat, a resident of Khrewan Chader village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. A Rs 15 lakh reward was announced in Aug for information leading to his arrest. Bhat is accused of killing a head constable and two migrant workers in separate attacks in Anantnag and Kulgam in July. He is believed to have joined terrorist ranks last year.“No local has joined terrorist ranks this year. Local recruitment has completely dried up,” Kumar said. He added that the number of foreign terrorists could not be established as they kept moving between locations.