NIA court declares Nengroo as proclaimed offender

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 20: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Pulwama today declared MHA declared terrorist Ashiq Ahmed Nengroo who is based in Pakistan as a proclaimed offender.
Ashiq Nengroo alias Molvi son of Ghulam Ahmed Nengroo resident of Hanjan Bala of Rajpora in district Pulwama as a proclaimed offender on the application moved by Pulwama Police. He has already been declared as an individual terrorist by MHA in the year 2022.
A police spokesman said that Nengroo managed to exfiltrate to PoJK in the year 2018 and is currently carrying out anti-national activities from PoK and is alluring the local youths in the terrorism.
“He is involved in many FIRs including 42/2022, 50/2023 of PS Rajpora, 129/2013 of PS Pulwama, 89/2018 of PS Jhajjar Kotli Jammu and 191/2018 of PS Kathua, 20/2019 of PS Awantipora, 188/2020 of PS Pulwama and in many anti national and terrorism related cases. After exfiltrating PoJK he managed many drone dropping, weapon delivery and hawala money to keep the terrorist activities alive in the UT,” a police spokesman said.
The police spokesman further stated that his name has surfaced in many FIRs in recent time, where he approached the local youth on social media, misguided them to join the terrorist ranks and also tasked them for weapon transport etc.
“He misguided Ruhail Abdullah son of Mohammad Abdullah of Nulli Shopian involved in FIR number 116/2023 of PS Litter, Shahbaz Ahmed Dar son of Ghulam Hasan Dar resident of Gulshanabad involved in FIR No. 331/2023 of PS Pulwama,” read the statement.