Sunjwan terror assault: NIA arrests ‘key accused’ JeM overground employee

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested an individual believed to be a key accused within the Sunjwan terror assault case that occurred in April on the outskirts of Jammu, an official spokesperson mentioned on Thursday.

The accused, Abid Ahmad Mir of Putrigam in south Kashmir’s Pulwama, is alleged to be an overground employee of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed terror outfit. According to the NIA, Mir was a detailed affiliate of accused Bilal Ahmed Wagay, who has been arrested within the case.

It added that Mir was additionally in contact with Pakistan-based handlers of the JeM. He had knowingly and voluntarily prolonged help to the opposite accused within the fee of the moment crime, the spokesperson mentioned.

Two terrorists have been killed in an encounter with safety forces in Jammu on April 22 after they attacked CISF personnel onboard a bus through the essential early morning shift-change of the pressure at a checkpost.

The ‘fidayeen’ or suicide bombers sprayed a volley to bullets in ‘burst fireplace’ mode from their assualt weapons at the same time as they lobbed grenades on the safety personnel on the picket deployed close to the Chaddha camp within the Sunjwan space of the district, the place the Army additionally has a big set up.

The terror assault got here two days forward of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to Samba in Jammu area of the union territory.