Udhampur terror case: 9 LeT cadres named in NIA charge sheet

Nine Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) cadres were on Wedenesday named in a charge sheet filed by National Investigation Agency in last year’s terror attack case in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur.

Nine Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) cadres were on Wedenesday named in a charge sheet filed by National Investigation Agency in last year’s terror attack case in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur.

The sole militant caught alive after a terrorist attack on a BSF convoy that was travelling on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Udhampur district about 85km from Jammu, on Wednesday, August 05, 201 (HT photo)

Two Pakistani terrorists of LeT had on August 5 attacked a BSF convoy in Udhampur. The attack resulted in the death of two BSF personnel while 13 others were injured. The case was subsequently transferred to NIA for investigation.

The charge sheet has been filed against the accused Mohammed Naveed alias Usman, Khursheed Ahmed Bhat alias Khursheed Alam Bhat, Showkat Ahmed Bhat, Shabzar Ahmed Bhat, Fayaz Ahmed Ittoo alias Fayaz Khar, Khursheed Ahmed Ittu, Fayaz Ahmed Ashwar alias Setha, Ashiq Hussain Bhat alias Ubaida and Abu Noman, a press release issued by the NIA said.

Of the accused, Abu Noman was killed in retaliatory action by the security forces upon the commencement of the instant terrorist attack, while Fayaz Ahmed Ashwar and Ashiq Hussain Bhat are absconding, it said.

“The investigation has not only unearthed the specific conspiracy behind the terrorist attack in Udhampur but also the larger conspiracy of the LeT through which Mohammed Naveed alias Usman and his associates were infiltrated and sheltered in Indian territory for committing terrorist acts,” the release said.