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‘Key conspirator’ in BJP’s leader’s killing in J&K arrested: NIA
The federal agency said the accused, Malik Noor Mohammad Fayyaz, 51, a resident of Doda district, was arrested on Wednesday. Fayyaz was produced in a special court in Jammu and sent in NIA custody for three days
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said it has arrested the key alleged conspirator in the killings of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anil Kumar Parihar and his brother, Ajit Kumar Parihar, in Jammu and Kashmir Kishtwar in November 2018.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police first probed the case before NIA took over the investigation.
The federal agency said the accused, Malik Noor Mohammad Fayyaz, 51, a resident of Doda district, was arrested on Wednesday. Fayyaz was produced in a special court in Jammu and sent in NIA custody for three days.
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The NIA earlier in May 2020 charged sheeted seven accused persons, including three Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) terrorists Osama bin Javid, Haroon Abbas Wani, Zahid Hussain, who were killed by security forces, in the case. Four others arrested accused in the case are Nisar Ahmed Sheikh, Nishad Ahmed Butt, Azad Hussain Bagwan, and Rustam Ali.
The NIA said the investigation in the case to “unearth the larger conspiracy hatched by the terrorists of HM and overground workers... reviving the terrorism in the region... led to the identification of...Fayyaz”.
“Investigation has revealed that he was the co-conspirator for reviving the terrorism in Chenab Valley. He had also visited Assam and Nagaland along with... Javid for procurement of the weapons for the said purpose,” the NIA said in a statement.
