Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, June 20: National Investigation Agency (NIA) today carried out raids at multiple places in Pulwama and arrested four Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit for providing logistics to militants and radicalising youth.
The NIA raids and arrests were made in connection with an encounter that took place in a local religious seminary in Chewa Kalan Pulwama. The raids were conducted early in the morning today with police and CRPF providing assistance to the NIA sleuths.
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The case relates to the militant activities of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in South Kashmir, during which two militants were killed by security forces in a gun battle at Chewa Kalan, Pulwama in March this year.
The operation was conducted jointly by police, 50 RR of Army and 182 battalion of CRPF after inputs about presence of militants in the village. As the search party moved towards local Darul Uloom in the village, militants hiding inside fired indiscriminately upon the search party in which one civilian identified as Zahoor Ahmad Shergojri son of Muhammad Abdullah of Chew Kalan received gunshot injury. Later, two militants of JeM were killed.
The killed militants were later identified as Aquib Mushtaq Bhat of Pulwama and Kamal Bhai of Pakistan. The case was originally registered at Police Station, Pulwama (FIR no. 50/2022 dated 11.03.2022) and was subsequently taken over by NIA in April.
“NIA conducted searches at seven locations in Pulwama (district) and arrested four accused in the case (RC-02/2022/NIA/JMU),” NIA in a statement said.
A large quantity of incriminating materials was seized during the searches by the NIA.
The NIA arrested four accused identified as Sahil Ahmed Khan alias Sohail son of Feroz Ahmed Khan, Jahangir Ahmed Dar son of Nazir Ahmed Dar, both residents of Gudoora, Pulwama, Shahid Ahmed Shergojri son of Mohammad Ramzan Shergojri of Ugragund, Pulwama and Inayat Gulzar Bhat son of Gulzar Ahmed Bhat of Pinglena.
The NIA said that these accused had harboured JeM militants active in South Kashmir and arranged transportation and logistics for them. It said that they are also involved in radicalising impressionable local youth and motivating them to join militant groups.
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