JeM s Nagrota attack plotter arrested
Saturday - May 26, 2018 4:54 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Srinagar/New Delhi May 26 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said it arrested a JeM operative on Saturday for his role in a 2016 terror attack that killed seven soldiers at Jammu and Kashmir s Nagrota Army camp.
The counter-terror probe agency identified the arrested accused as Syed Muneer-Ul-Hasan-Qadri a resident of Lolab Valley in north Kashmir district of Kupwara.
According to NIA officials he was arrested in a joint operation with Jammu and Kashmir Police.
"Qadri has revealed that he along with other valley based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operatives were in touch with its leadership in Pakistan and had received a freshly infiltrated group of three Pakistani terrorists from the Samba sector a day before the attack (on November 29 2016) " an NIA spokesperson said.
"They subsequently stayed at a hotel in Jammu and then left the attackers at Nagrota outside the Army camp late at night and proceeded to the Kashmir Valley " the official said.
The NIA has been investigating the attack that also left three soldiers.
Three Pakistani militants were killed in the operation and a huge quantity of fire arms ammunition explosives and other articles recovered from them.
--IANS aks/sar/vm
The counter-terror probe agency identified the arrested accused as Syed Muneer-Ul-Hasan-Qadri a resident of Lolab Valley in north Kashmir district of Kupwara.
According to NIA officials he was arrested in a joint operation with Jammu and Kashmir Police.
"Qadri has revealed that he along with other valley based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operatives were in touch with its leadership in Pakistan and had received a freshly infiltrated group of three Pakistani terrorists from the Samba sector a day before the attack (on November 29 2016) " an NIA spokesperson said.
"They subsequently stayed at a hotel in Jammu and then left the attackers at Nagrota outside the Army camp late at night and proceeded to the Kashmir Valley " the official said.
The NIA has been investigating the attack that also left three soldiers.
Three Pakistani militants were killed in the operation and a huge quantity of fire arms ammunition explosives and other articles recovered from them.
--IANS aks/sar/vm
