3 held for aiding Amarnath attack

The Jammu and Kashmir Police has cracked last month’s terror attack on an Amarnath Yatra bus by arresting three “over-ground workers” (OGWs) and identifying four Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, including three Pakistani nationals, who had killed 8 pilgrims and wounded 20 others. OGWs are terrorists who do not carry weapons but provide logistics like shelter and vehicles to attackers.

Munir Ahmad Khan, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, said cops are very close to neutralising the four terrorists. “Investigation is over. We know who all were involved. We will get the four and eliminate them. It can be today, it can be tomorrow”, he said.

Those arrested include shopkeeper Bilal Reshi, medical sales representative Aijaz Ahmad Wagay, and ad hoc State Road Transport Corporation driver Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh, the police said. They have been produced before a court and are in police remand.

Four LeT terrorists — Abu Ismail alias Haroon, Mavya and Furqan (all Pakistanis) and local man Yawar Bashir — had sprayed bullets on the bus on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway near Batangoo in Kashmir’s Anantnag district on July 10, the police said.

The attack was meticulously planned by the terrorists and OGWs. Investigations have revealed that they had code-named the Yatri and …read more