NIA chargesheets Pak handler, 2 others in terror conspiracy case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted three accused, including a Pakistani handler, in a terror conspiracy case involving the seizure of arms and ammunition in the Poonch region.
The accused, identified as Abdul Aziz, Munawar Hussain and Nazir Hussain, have been charged under Sections 61(2) of the BNS, Sections 13, 17, 18, 20, 23 and 38 of the UAPA and Section 3/25 of the Arms Act. Nazir, currently active in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), is an operative of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Gazanavi Force (JKGF) terrorist organisation.
As per the NIA, he was involved in motivating vulnerable people of Kashmir to engage in acts of violence as part of the larger conspiracy hatched by various proscribed terrorist organisations and their associates to carry out terrorist acts and activities in the region.
Nazir would share inflammatory audio clips and video notes with local sympathisers of the terror outfits, inciting them to pursue Jihad and wage a war against India.
He also provided them with arms, ammunition, grenades, etc., to carry out the violent agenda of organisations seeking to spread terror among the people.
The case was registered by NIA on the basis of a police FIR of October 2024, when a police party at Surankote, Poonch, had apprehended Abdul and seized two grenades from his bag. His interrogation had led to the arrest of Munawar, from whom a pistol with a magazine and 9 rounds was seized.
Both the accused were in contact with handler Nazir, alias Ali, subsequent investigations had revealed, exposing a conspiracy from across the border to destabilise J&K through acts of violence and terror aimed at disrupting the region’s communal harmony and peace.
