Srinagar, Aug 16 (Reporter) National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday attached the property of an overground worker (OGW) of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM), in the case of the targeted killing of a Sarpanch from Kulagm district of South Kashmir in 2022. Shabir Ahmad Mir, the Sarpanch of Kulgam’s Adoora village, was shot dead by militants on March 11, 2022. The case was initially investigated by J&K police and later NIA took over the investigation. NIA said OGW Nasir Rashid Bhat’s property - a residential house at village Tengpora in Shopian was attached under section 33 (1) of UA(P) Act, 1947, on orders of the NIA Special Judge, Jammu. “The accused, along with other members of the banned HM terrorist organisation, was involved in the killing of Sarpanch on 11th March 2022 with the aim of spreading terror among the people,” NIA said in a statement. Investigation by NIA, which took over the case from Kulgam police, revealed that the targeted killing was part of a larger HM conspiracy to disturb India’s integrity, sovereignty and security through violent attacks and killings. NIA further found that Bhat had provided his Alto car to the terrorists. “He was also involved in conducting a recce of the Sarpanch’s house and in informing the HM terrorists about the target’s presence. He used his car to take the assailants to the area around the Sarpanch’s house on the day of the attack,” the statement said. NIA has chargesheeted six accused in the case and the trial against them is continuing...////...