The National Investigation Agency has filed charge sheet against three Kashmiris for their alleged involvement in Jhajjar Kotli, Jammu, encounter in which three militants were killed in September 2018.
Soon after the encounter, NIA had registered a case videnumber RC-29&30/2018/NIA/DLI.
Giving details, an NIA spokesman said that on 12 September2018 early morning while checking of a Kashmir bound truck, the flying squad ofJhajjar Kotli Police Station Jammu was fired upon by three militants of Jaish eMohammed (JeM) sitting in cargo cabin.
After firing, he said, militants ran towards adjoiningforest area injuring one civilian on the way. He said two Over Ground Workers(OGWs) of JeM namely Muhammad Iqbal Rather, resident of Fultipora, DistrictBudgam, and Riyaz Ahmed Nengroo resident of Hajin Bala, District Pulwama, werearrested from the scene of crime.
He said that huge cache of arms ammunitions, explosives andcombat equipment were seized from the truck in which the three militants werebeing ferried by the arrested OGWs. In this connection, he said an FIR No.89/2018 dated 12.09.2018 u/s 307, 120-B, 121, 122 & 123 Ranbir Penal Code,Sec 7, 25, 26, 27 of Indian Arms Act and Sec 16 & 18 of UA(P) Act wasregistered at Police Station Jhajjar Kotli, Jammu.
The spokesman said that next day (13 September 2018) whilethe cordon and search operation by security forces was on, the three militantshiding inside a house in village Dirthi, Police station Katra, Jammu startedfiring at the security forces personnel. “In the resultant encounter all thethree militants were killed. Some security personnel were also injured,” hesaid, adding that large numbers of arms, ammunitions, explosive articles wererecovered from the bodies of the slain militants.
A case FIR No. 191/2018 dated 13.09.2018 u/s 307, 120-B,121, 122 & 123 RPC, Sec 7, 25, 26 & 27 of Arms Act 1959 and sec 16, 18& 38 of UA(P) Act 1967 was registered at PS Katra, District Reasi, he saidadding that later NIA took up investigation of both the cases asRC-29&30/2018/NIA/DLI.
During investigation, the spokesman said larger conspiracyof proscribed militant organization Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was unearthedwherein Pakistan based leadership of JeM illegally infiltrated armed andtrained militants in India using the services of an organized network of OverGround Workers.
The spokesman said the charge sheet has been filed againstthree accused persons – Muhammad Iqbal Rather of Futlipora, District Budgam whowas a BSc Nursing student at SKIMS, Ashaq Ahmed Nengroo of Rajpora, DistrictPulwama who was a trucker by profession and Riyaz Ahmed Nengroo of Hanjin Bala, District Pulwama who is also atrucker and brother of accused Ashaq Ahmed Nengroo. He said that accused AshaqAhmed Nengroo is absconding and a non-bailable warrant is issued against himand efforts on to arrest him.