Pulwama Terror Attack Anniversary 2023: JeM's Azhar, brothers gave directions to terrorists

The chief of Pakistanbased terrorist group JaisheMohammad Maulana Masood Azhar along with his brothers Abdul Rauf Asghar and Ammar Alvi was continuously giving directions and guidance to the Pakistani JeM terrorists who had infiltrated into India both before and after the 2019 Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF troopers were killedThe National Investigation Agencys chargesheet also alleged that the JeM had initially planned the attack for February 6 2019 but due to heavy snowfall and closure of the highway the attack was deferred to February 14 These revelations were made in the 13800page chargesheet filed by the NIA in a special NIA court in Jammu on Tuesday against 19 people including the attack mastermind the slain Mohammad Umar Farooq son of IC 814 hijacking conspirator Ibrahim AtharThe NIA in its chargesheet also named suicide bomber Adil Ahmed Dar his aide Sameer Dar Shakir Bashir fatherdaughter duo of Peer Tariq Ahmed Shah and Insha Jan and WaizulIslam Mohammad Abbas Rather Bilal Ahmed Kuchhey Mohammad Iqbal Rather Ashaq Ahmed Nengroo and Mohammad Ismail alias Saiffudin a Pakistani national and IED expertBesides the suicide bomber the chargesheet also includes the names of five other accused who were killed by security forces of which three were Pakistani nationalsBesides Farooq the slain Pakistani nationals include Mohammad Kamran one of the IED experts who was killed in a brief encounter with Indian security forces in March last year while Qari Ansari was killed in another encounter The killed Indian nationals named in the chargesheet are suicide bomber Adil Ahmed Dar while the others are Sajjad Ahmed Bhat a resident of Anantnag and Mudasir Ahmad Khan a resident of Pulwama in Jammu amp KashmirThe chargesheet has been filed in the Jammu court along with the pictures and digital evidence of the Pulwama terror attack under several sections of the IPC Explosive Substances Act Arms Act Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPA and Foreigners Act of Jammu amp KashmirAn NIA spokesperson said During investigation it has been revealed that the Pakistanbased JeM leadership consisting of Masood Azhar Asghar and Alvi were continuously giving directions and guidance to the Pakistani JeM terrorists who had infiltrated into India both before and after the attack The official said that they had also planned to carry out another suicide attack which was averted due to the Balakot airstrikes by the Indian Air Force and due to the killing of the main conspirator Farooq by security forcesAlso Read Pulwama Terror Attack Anniversary 2023 Complete list of martyred CRPF jawansFurther due to international pressure Pakistan lay low the official said The NIA alleged that during investigation it was revealed that there was a wellcrafted mechanism by the Pakistani establishment to push terrorists into Indian territory from the launch pads located in Pakistans Shakargarh opposite SambaKathua sector in JammuThe official further said that the Pulwama attack was a result of a wellplanned criminal conspiracy hatched by the Pakistanbased leadership of JeM The JeM leaders have been sending their cadres to terrorist training camps of AlQaedaTalibanJeM and HaqqaniJeM in Afghanistan for receiving training in explosives and other terrorist tactics the chargesheet allegedThe chargesheet said that the main accused Farooq son of IC 814 hijacking conspirator Ibrahim Athar also visited Afghanistan for explosives training in 201617 In lieu of the lives of the 155 passengers Azhar was released from an Indian prison the official said referring to the 1999 hijack of the Indian Airlines jetlinerThe NIA said that Farooq infiltrated into India through the International Border in JammuSamba Sector in April 2018 and took over as JeM commander of Pulwama in JampK Farooq along with his Pakistani compatriots Kamran Ismail both IED experts and Qari Yasir and local associates Sameer and Adil planned and prepared for the attack on security forces using IEDs the official saidHe said that Bashir the fatherdaughter duo of Peer Tariq Ahmad Shah and Insha Jan and Bilal Ahmad Kuchey provided all logistics and harboured the JeM terrorists in their houses The NIA official said that in the first week of February 2019 Farooq Sameer Adil and Bashir made the IED using RDX calciumammonium nitrate gelatin sticks and aluminium powder and assembled it in two containers one weighing around 160 kgs and the second one weighing around 40 kgsThe two IED containers were fitted in a Maruti Eeco car and were ready by the morning of February 6 2019 However because of heavy snowfall the National Highway was closed for vehicular movement the NIA said in its chargesheet When the national highway reopened on February 14 Bashir drove Adil on the highway Adil then took charge of the vehicle and drove on further and carried out the suicide attack by ramming the car laden with 200 kgs of highgrade explosives into a bus of the CRPF convoy the NIA official saidHe said that the chargesheet is the result of painstaking investigation in the last oneandahalf yearA lot of digital forensic documentary and oral evidence establishing a foolproof case against the accused for this dastardly and barbaric attack has been collected the official said He said that the chargesheet has brought on record the allout involvement of Pakistanbased entities in carrying out terrorist strikes in India and inciting and provoking Kashmiri youthThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever