Jammu and Kashmir police have made a second arrest using their Facial Recognition System (FRS) in Anantnag, nabbing a terror suspect identified as Muneeb Mushtaq Sheikh. Sheikh, booked under UAPA and Explosive Substances Act, was detected in Ganishbal. This follows the arrest of an alleged overground worker last month, also through FRS.
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