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NIA gets 10-day custody of 2 Jaish men

AGE CORRESPONDENT
Published : Sep 29, 2016, 1:41 am IST
Updated : Sep 29, 2016, 1:41 am IST

The National Investigation Agency has managed to get 10-day custody of two Jaish-e-Mohammed operatives, Faizal Hussain Awan and Ahsaan Khursheed, both residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, who had

The National Investigation Agency has managed to get 10-day custody of two Jaish-e-Mohammed operatives, Faizal Hussain Awan and Ahsaan Khursheed, both residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, who had helped the four-member terror module involved in the killing of 18 Army personnel infiltrate at Uri into India.

The duo were caught a few days ago by security forces with help of some local villagers close to the Line of Control. They were subsequently handed over to the NIA as the agency is investigating the case related to attack on the Uri Army camp.

The duo were produced before the NIA designated court in Jammu on Wednesday and were later during the day brought to Delhi for further interrogation by a joint team of NIA and central intelligence agencies. The two Jaish operatives are being described as a “significant catch” by the security agencies as they are likely to provide crucial details regarding the planning and subsequent execution of the attack. They had earlier identified one of the killed militants as Hafiz Ahmed, also a resident of Muzaffarabad in PoK, from the photographs shown to them.

During the course of investigations the NIA had also established the identity of the two Pakistani handlers, Mohd Kabir Awan and Basharat, both of who are also suspected to be associated with Jaish. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar had provided these details of investigations and other some other evidence to Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit whom he had summoned on Tuesday.

Since both accused persons are residents of PoK, they were initially interrogated by the Army also to ascertain whether they had any knowledge regarding the Uri attack. They initially claimed that they had inadvertently crossed over into India but during sustained interrogation admitted having facilitated the infiltration for the Uri attackers and also helped their interrogators identify one of the militants involved in the assault, the sources said.

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