4 men arrested for helping LeT terrorist escape in Srinagar: Key facts

The firing between militants and police at a Srinagar hospital and the escape of a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist was a carefully planned operation by the terrorist organisation. Naveed Jutt escaped from SMHS hospital on February 6 after two Lashkar militants opened fire at the two policemen who were accompanying him to hospital for a medical check up.

Two critically injured policemen succumbed to their wounds and the third one remained unheard. The arrest of five men involved in the firing followed swiftly by following the CCTV footage shot in the hospital parking lot. Three of them are LeT terrorists.

The conspiracy to free dreaded Pakistani terrorist Naveed Jutt from police custody was hatched four months ago but did not succeed in the first attempt, said Additional Director General of Police Munir Ahmad Khan, who also holds a charge as IGP Kashmir.