The Punjab police on Saturday said it has arrested another Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative while he was trying to flee to Kashmir.

Chandigarh: The Punjab police on Saturday said it has arrested another Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative while he was trying to flee to Kashmir.

His arrest came two days after two LeT operatives Aamir Hussain Wani and Wasim Hassan Wani were caught trying to smuggle weapons to the Valley to carry out terror attacks.

ArrestThe third suspect has been identified as Javed Ahmed Bhat (29), a resident of Shopian in J&K.

Bhat was intercepted and apprehended, along with his truck bearing a J&K registration number, from Dhobra bridge, Pathankot, on Amritsar-Jammu Highway by the Pathankot police, as he was trying to escape to the Valley on learning about the arrest of his accomplices, said Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta.

Javed hails from the same village as the other two LeT operatives do, and is their childhood friend.

The trio had been doing transport business together for the past over two-three years, and had been making trips to Delhi, Amritsar and Jalandhar.

DGP Dinkar GuptaFurther investigation is on to identify further links and accomplices of the three men in Punjab and J&K, said the DGP in a statement here.

He pointed out that these arrests indicated a widespread terror network backed by Pakistan-based militants.

Ten hand grenades, along with one AK-47 rifle with two magazines and 60 live cartridges, were seized from them.