Pulwama Attack: NIA arrest father-daughter duo
Srinagar/UNI/IBNS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested a Pulwama resident and his daughter in connection with a fidayeen attack that left 40 CRPF personnel dead in 2019 on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in south Kashmir.
The development comes days after the NIA arrested an alleged Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant Shakir Bashir Magrey.
Official sources said that the father-daughter duo allegedly 'harboured' main bomber Adil Ahmad Dar and other Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) commanders before the February 14, 2019 attack in Lethpora of Pulwama.
They said the two have been identified as 50-year-old Tariq Ahmed Shah and his 23-year-old daughter Insha Jan.
'Security forces on Tuesday morning raided the residence of Shah at Hakripora village in Pulwama. After the search was concluded, the father-daughter duo was arrested,' they said.
They said after being quizzed, Shah and his daughter were later handed over to the NIA, for further questioning.
They said that Shah allegedly housed militants at his residence before the attack and the planning was carried out there.
'Security forces have also seized incriminating material during the raid,' they added.
As many as 40 personnel were killed on February 14, 2019 in the suicide attack on a CRPF convoy on the national highway at Lethpora in south Kashmir district of Pulwama. The attack brought India and Pakistan on the brink of war.
Magrey, who reportedly provided shelter and logistical help to Dar, was arrested last week, the national agency said in a statement. Magrey is a resident of Hajibal, Kakapora in Pulwama and owns a furniture shop.
'He provided shelter and other logistical assistance to the suicide-bomber Adil Ahmad Dar. He was introduced to Adil Ahmad Dar in mid-2018 by a Pakistani terrorist, Mohammad Umar Farooq and he became a full-time OGW of JeM.
'During his initial interrogation, he has disclosed that on several occasions, he collected and delivered arms, ammunition, cash and explosive material to the JeM terrorists, including those involved in Pulwama attack,' the NIA statement further said.
The agency has intensified it's activities since early this year in terror funding cases. It also arrested Deputy Superintendent of Police (Dy SP) Davinder Singh, who was caught while transporting two Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants out of the valley.
The national agency has so far conducted several dozen raids across the Kashmir valley and confiscated incriminating material, it added.
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