JAMMU: Jammu: The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) on Friday raided seven locations in Reasi and Rajouri districts of J&Ok as a part of its probe into the lethal terror assault on a bus carrying pilgrims getting back from Shiv Khori temple to Katra on June 9.
Officers mentioned native police and CRPF assisted the NIA groups throughout the raids on the places linked to hybrid terrorists and over-ground employees.
9 individuals, together with seven pilgrims had been killed and 41 others had been injured when terrorists opened hearth on the bus at Higher Kanda-Teryath in Pouni space of Reasi district.
Initially, The Resistance Entrance and Folks’s Anti-Facist Pressure (PAFF), offshoots of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, respectively, claimed accountability for the assault. Following widespread condemnation of the assault on harmless civilians, they later retracted.
The investigation was handed over to the NIA on June 17.
On June 19, police arrested one Hakam Din (45), a resident of Rajouri district, for facilitating and guiding terrorists to the spot. Primarily based on info supplied by him, NIA had carried out raids at a number of places in Rajouri district on June 30.
