NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested key accused in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sunjwan terror attack on a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) vehicle carrying 15 personnel on April 22, the agency said on Thursday.
Abid Ahmad Mir, a resident of Putrigam in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama, is an overground worker (OGW) of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
The case pertains to indiscriminate firing upon security personnel during a joint search operation in the area of Sunjwan, , by unknown terrorists in which one Assistant Sub-Inspector of CISF was martyred and several others were injured. The security forces retaliated against the attack and killed the two terrorists on the spot.
The case was initially registered in Bahu Fort Police station in Jammu on April 22 and re-registered by NIA on April 26.
“Investigation has revealed that accused Mir is an overground worker of JeM and was a close associate of arrested accused Bilal Ahmed Wagay. He was also in touch with Pakistan-based handlers of JeM. He knowingly and voluntarily had extended support to the other co-accused persons in the commission of the instant crime,” said the NIA.
In the attack, the CISF had said, Assistant Sub Inspector SP Patel laid down his life while undergoing treatment in hospital. One personnel was grievously injured and six other personnel sustained minor injuries while valiantly retaliating against the terrorist attack.
In the subsequent action, security forces succeeded in eliminating the two terrorists responsible for the attack. Two fidayeen (Aatma ghati) terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit were present in the area. (ANI)