‘School headmaster ‘working as OGW’ arrested with pistol, grenades in Poonch’

Srinagar: The security forces have arrested a school headmaster along with a pistol for working as over ground worker in Hari Budha area of Poonch district on Sunday, reads a media statement.

“In a joint operation, launched by the Army and Police in Hari Budha, a registered over ground worker Qamaruddin who is the headmaster in school was caught with a foreign-made pistol and grenades in his house,” reads the statement.

“The consignment recovered is suspected to be used to disturb the ongoing election in the Poonch area.”

“The search is still in progress. Two Chinese grenades and one Pakistan made pistol were recovered from the OGW,” reads the statement further.