Angry residents of a locality in Sopore town of Kashmir today torched the house of an alleged overground worker (OGW) of Lashkar-e-Toiba after he had made an unsuccessful attempt to kidnap a girl.
Imran Ahmad Dar alias Imran Jabroo, a resident of Nowpora locality in Sopore, was arrested yesterday following a complaint by local residents that he had tried to kidnap a girl on gunpoint, a police officer said.
Police arrested Dar last night and also recovered a AK-47 rifle from his possession, allegedly used in the abortive bid of kidnapping, the officer said.
This morning an angry mob torched Dar's house and two cars parked inside his residential compound.
This is perhaps the first time since the outbreak of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir that people have burned down the house of a militant or anyone working for them as OGW.
