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The NIA action comes more than a week after five Indian Army soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. (Photo/News 18)
NIA raids are also going on in the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch, Pulwama, Tral and Kanelwan Bijbehara districts of the valley. An NIA spokesperson said that raids are being conducted at 12 places in Jammu and Kashmir.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting raids at several places in Jammu and Kashmir. Raids are being conducted in 4 districts of Central and South Kashmir. The NIA action comes more than a week after five Indian Army soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district.
NIA raids are also underway in the Valley’s twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch, Pulwama, Tral and Kanelwan Bijbehara districts. An NIA spokesperson said that raids are being conducted at 12 places in Jammu and Kashmir. NIA teams carried out searches at the residences of Mohd Yusuf Wani in Wahipora area of Pulwama and Fayyaz Ahmed Sofi in Chandpora Kanelwan of Bijbehara. More details are awaited.
CNN-News18 had earlier reported that a Gujjar man from the Poonch-Rajouri region had allegedly planned the ambush on the army truck and arranged the logistics on the instructions of Pakistan-based terrorists. According to sources, he has been arrested along with an associate and they have helped in identifying the terrorists.
The banned People’s Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), an offshoot of the Pakistan-backed terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed, claimed responsibility for the attack on the Indian Army vehicle.
Jammu and Kashmir Police said that the attack was carried out with the cooperation of the local people. DGP Dilbag Singh said that more than 200 people have been questioned so far in the case. india today Report mentioned.
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according to a IANS The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-NC) of the Army’s Northern Command, Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi, on Sunday assured that the perpetrators of the Poonch terror attack would face the consequences very soon.
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