The National Investigation Agency on Sunday arrested a man from Pulwama it claimed is the fifth accused in the Lethpura attack on CRPF Group Centre that left five paramilitary personnel and three militants dead in December 2014.
Irshad Ahmad Reshi son of Nazir Ahmad, a resident ofRatnipora area in Pulwama district was arrested by sleuths of NIA fromsomewhere in Kashmir.
“A case RC No. 10/2018/NIA/DLI (Attack on CRPF Group Centre,Lethpora) has been framed against accused Irshad upon disclosures by the twoaccused Nisar Ahmed Tantray and Syed HilalAndrabi,” NIA spokesman said in astatement.
The spokesman said that the accused was an active OverGround Worker (OGW) of Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant group.
“He was a close associate of slain militant and JeMCommander Noor Mohammad Tantray @ Noor Trali. The attack on CRPF Group Centre,Lethpora was executed under a conspiracy to avenge the death of Noor Trali, whowas killed in an encounter with security forces in December 2017,” the NIAspokesman said.
According to the NIA statement, Irshad Ahmad Reshi has beenfound to be a key conspirator who provided logistic support like shelter andtransport to the militants and conducting reconnaissance of the CRPF GroupCentre before the attack.
The accused will be produced before the special NIA court inJammu on Monday with a request for grant of police custody for his questioning.
The militant attack on CRPF Group Centre was carried outduring the night of 30 December 2017 by three JeM militants.
Four accused, Fayaz Ahmad Magrey of Lethpora, Awantipora,Manzoor Ahmed Bhat of Pampore, Awantipora, Nisar Ahmed Tantray of DarGanaiGund, Tral, Awantipora and Syed HilalAndrabi of Ratnipora, Pulwama werearrested earlier in connection with the case.