Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 24: An accused in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack has died of the multiple organ failure at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu here, a police official said.
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The deceased Bilal Ahmad Kuchey, 32, of Hajibal Village in Kakapora Tehsil of Pulwama District, was among the 19 people who were charge-sheeted for attacking a CRPF convoy on February 14, 2019 and killing 40 personnel.
“After complaining fever due to the failure of one of the kidneys, Kuchay was admitted to Government Medical College Jammu from District Jail Kishtwar, on September 16,” the police official said.
“He reportedly died due to multiple organ failure at the hospital around 7 pm on September 23,” he added.
According to him, the deceased, along with his aides, was scheduled to be shifted to the Central Jail Kot Bhalwal as authorities had prepared the documents in this regard but before the process could be completed, he died.
Kuchey and 18 others accused in the case were charge-sheeted by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) on August 25, 2020. He was among the seven accused arrested in the case.
He and other accused Shakir Bashir, Insha Jan and Peer Tariq Ahmad Shah had provided logistics and harboured the JeM terrorists in their homes.
The charge sheet was filed under various sections of the Ranbir Penal Code, Arms Act, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Foreigners Act and the J&K Public Property (Prevention of Damages) Act.
While six terrorists, including three Pakistanis, involved in the terror attack were killed in separate encounters, six more, including JeM founder Masood Azhar are still at large.
According to the NIA, the Pulwama attack was the result of a well-planned criminal conspiracy hatched by the Pakistan-based leadership of the terrorist organisation.
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