Jammu and Kashmir Police makes first arrest in Reasi terror attack case.
“A Hakimdeen has admitted to being a guide and aiding the terrorists in locating sanctuary. He added that he heard gunshots when he was at the scene of the attack. He guided the terrorists out of the area following the attack. The terrorists came to his house on several occasions, according to Reasi SSP Mohita Sharma. Also Read 14 Tourists from Noida Perish in Alaknanda River Accident in Uttarakhand!
“The terrorists lodged at his house the day before the event. He makes reference to three terrorists. He ensured that neither he nor the terrorists could be captured by CCTV during his retreat from the scene. Terrorists paid him ₹6,000 for this assistance. The police official continued, “We won’t let up until those terrorists are either apprehended or neutralised.
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A bus bringing pilgrims from the Shiv Khori cave shrine to Katra in the Reasi region slid down a canyon on June 9 following a terrorist attack in Teryath village in the Pouni area, resulting in nine fatalities and thirty-three injuries.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) received the terror attack file from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on June 17. The Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who had instructed the security forces and intelligence services to “replicate the successes achieved in Kashmir valley against terrorism” in the Jammu region, presided over the high-level meeting when the decision was made.
A day after the attack, a team from the NIA had also visited the spot to support local police and evaluate the ground situation. The NIA’s forensic team had also visited the site, contributing to the collection of evidence.
On the day of terror attack, Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba’s front TRF took responsibility for the terror attack in a bid to portray that the targeting of pilgrims was carried out by terrorists in J&K and not by Islamists based in Lahore.
HT learnt that the June 9 terror attack was carried out deliberately at Reasi during the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. At least12 terrorists were moving inside the Rajouri-Poonch forests in the groups of three or two in the Jammu region.
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