Four out of the five militants involved in the Pulwama attack were killed, while one was arrested by security forces, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Tuesday.
He said in Lok Sabha that probe by the NationalInvestigation Agency (NIA) has revealed the links of militant module of theproscribed Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which was responsible for planning andexecution of the attack.
Forty CRPF personnel were killed on February 14 in an attackby a suicide bomber on their convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
“Out of five accused, one was a suicide bomber. Oneaccused was arrested, while two others were neutralized during pro-activeengagement by the security forces. (And) One of the accused, Mudasir Ahmad Khanalias Mohammed Bhai, was neutralised during proactive engagement by thesecurity forces,” he said replying to a written question.The minister said a Court of Inquiry is orderedin such cases to look into various aspects and accordingly, it was ordered bythe CRPF.