27-Sep-2024 08:37 PM
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Jammu, Sep 27 (Reporter) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday conducted searches in the Reasi bus terror attack case across two districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
A spokesman said that seven locations in Reasi and Rajouri districts were extensively searched. The case was registered by NIA in June this year after taking over the probe from the local police.
Incriminating material indicating linkages between the terrorists and OGWs was seized during the searches and the same is under scrutiny.
The locations searched by the NIA teams were residential premises of hybrid terrorists and Overground Workers (OGWs) as well as the surrounding jungle linked with the hybrid terrorists who stayed in the area. These terrorists were supported by one of the arrested accused, Hakam Khan alias Hakim Din, who provided them with shelter and food, NIA investigations in the case have revealed.
The OGWs premises were searched and they were also involved in providing shelter, harbour, food and other logistic support to the terrorists crossing the area, which is one of the transit routes to the Kashmir region, as per NIA investigations.
The attack was unleashed by terrorists on the evening of June 9, as part of Pak-backed terror conspiracy to destabilise the J&K region with the aim to disturb India’s peace and stability.
A bus carrying Yatris from Shiv Khori to Katra, in Pouni area of Reasi district, came under fire from terrorists and plunged into a nearby gorge, killing nine people, including a child...////...