Pakistan, June 28 -- Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Police on Saturday claimed to have busted the funding network of the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), arresting four suspected operatives.

According to police, the network was involved in collecting funds through intimidation and extortion and was also receiving financial support from abroad.

Authorities claimed the money was being used to finance the JAAC's activities, including the Rawalakot sit-in and other violent incidents.

Police said the suspects were arrested during an operation targeting the group's financial network.

One of the arrested suspects, identified as Mehtab Ahmed, allegedly confessed that the JAAC's ringleader, Hamza, had instructed him over the phone to ...