3 booked in Valley for hiding travel history (Ld)

<br>While two of them have been booked in South Kashmir’s Awantipora area of Pulwama district, the third one was booked by police in North Kashmir Ganderbal district.

Sources said the resident of Ganderbal had landed in Srinagar via a Jet Airways flight and he was overhead on board telling a fellow passenger that ‘he was a happy bomb’.

Police said he has been put under quarantine after being booked for hiding his travel history.

Earlier, two persons, both students studying in Pakistan and Bangladesh, who recently returned to village Charsoo and village Goripora of Awantipora were booked for the same offence.

They have been sent to EDI Pampore to undergo necessary quarantine and further action under the said FIR shall be initiated after their quarantine period is over.

Awantipora police appealed the general public to cooperate with administration and Police in this unprecedented situation and proactivly disclose their travel history.

People are also requested to inform Police Control Room Awantipora on phone number 01933247369/7051404001, if any person found in their locality to have returned from outside Jammu and Kashmir.

–IANS<br>sq/in