Srinagar, August 5: Security forces have arrested two suspected terrorists from Awantipora area of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. Zubair Ahmad and Hijaz Nazir were arrested during an anti-terror operation in Awantipora area, they said. Article 370 Abrogation Anniversary: Security Heightened in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor in View of 5th Anniversary of Revocation of Article 370.

Two pistols and other incriminating material were recovered from the possession of the arrested duo. Article 370 Abrogation Anniversary: Mallikarjun Kharge Alleges BJP’s Policy on Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh Neither Respects ‘Kashmiriyat’ nor Upholds Jamhuriyat’.

The arrests come on the eve of the fifth anniversary of abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir within the Indian Union.