NIA makes third arrest in connection with Nagrota terror attack

NewsBharati    06-Jun-2018
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Jammu, June 6: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday made the third arrest in connection with the Nagrota terror attack that killed seven soldiers. Notably, in November 2016 at least 7 soldiers were martyred after a small group of terrorists attacked the Jammu and Kashmir's Nagrota Army camp.

 

The NIA has arrested Ashiq Baba who is a resident of Allochi Bagh area in Srinagar in connection with the Nagrota terror attack. According to the probe agency, Ashiq Baba also played an important role in assisting terrorists who carried out the attack.

Immediately after the arrest, Ashiq Baba was produced before a special NIA court in Jammu where the probe agency got his remand for further interrogation. Last week, Tariq Ahmad Dar, 34, a timber dealer in Pulwama district was arrested by the NIA. During interrogation, Tariq had revealed that the terror attack was carried out by the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).

However, a week prior to that, NIA nabbed Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) operative Syed Muneer -Ul-Hassan Qadri, a resident of Kupwara district.

BACKGROUND:

The Indian Army base in Nagrota, Jammu and Kashmir was attacked on 29 November 2016 by a group of terrorists. During the ensuing gun battle, seven Indian soldiers, including two officers and all three terrorists were killed. A huge cache of firearms, ammunition, explosives and other articles were recovered from the slain terrorists.