Court grants judicial remand of truck driver

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 27: National Investigation Agency (NIA) today produced truck driver Khursheed Ahmed Bhat, who allegedly took LeT terrorist Mohammed Naved Yakub and his accomplice to Jammu before the Udhampur attack, in the court of Special Judge NIA.
The Special Judge Y P Kotwal, after going through the application of the NIA, granted 15 days judicial remand of Khursheed Ahmed Bhat and sent him to Kot-Bhalwal Jail with the direction that he shall be produced before the competent court on expiry of remand period.
Khursheed Ahmed Bhat alias ‘Surya’ was arrested after he was identified by Naved, a Pakistani national in his early 20s, who was captured by villagers after he tried to escape after the terror strike on August 5.
The driver, said to be an over-ground operative of the banned LeT, is a resident of Awantipura.