Court rejects bail plea of 2 OGWs

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 11: Additional Sessions Judge Special Designated (NIA) Court Bandipora today rejected bail plea of two Over Ground Workers (OGWs) in Unlawful Activity of Prevention (ULP) Act.
Court has rejected bail application of Mudasir Ahmad Khawaja and Abdul Qyoom Margoo son of Abdul Khaliq Margoo both residents of Sadunara Bandipora.
The allegation against the accused person are being working as Over Ground Workers for Lashkar-i-Toiba organization and it has been alleged in the FIR that the militants of the Lashkar-i-Toibia and Hizbul Mujahidin are active and operative in and around the jurisdiction of Hajin and they have killed the civilian and security forces as well as police personnel and these OGW had been provided logistic support in the shape of food, shelter and other facilities to the militants in order to carry out terrorist activity in the area.
Court while rejecting their bail plea said the role of the OGWs has been created by the militant organizations very recently after the abrogation of Article-370 with this object to recruit and train the young individuals for participating in the militant as well as by the involvement of these civilians they are also intend to hide their activities of committing the terrorist act in the particular area.
Court said the arms and ammunition which have been recovered from the possession of the accused persons are either available with the armed forces or with the militant organization and these are not such type of arms which are easily available at any other respective place or organization, therefore, the recovery of these ammunition from the possession of the accused persons prima-facie reflects the allegations leveled against them are true.
“As a result of which the bail application of accused persons is hit by the rigors of Section 43(D) (5) of UAP Act. Hence the bail application moved by the accused persons is dismissed with this observation that OGW who are providing the logistic support to the militant organizations deserves no concession of bail from the court of law purely on this count that so far as the fight of the security forces with the active militants are concerned the same can be properly handled by the security forces in a professional manner”, Court concluded.