The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against two individuals alleging that the Udhampur improvised explosive system (IED) blasts in September final 12 months have been carried out by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
The arraigned accused have been recognized as Mohammed Aslam Sheikh and Mohammed Amin Bhat. They allegedly tried to revive terrorist actions in Jammu by making recruitments from a pool of over-ground staff and surrendered terrorists. The NIA took over the case from the Jammu & Kashmir police on November 15, 2022.
Mr. Bhat, a Doda resident who now operates from Pakistan and has been declared a terrorist beneath the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, had allegedly recruited Mr. Sheikh to set off the two IED blasts on the buses parked in the general public areas of Udhampur. Two individuals have been injured in the explosions.
As alleged, Mr. Bhat had joined Hizb-ul Mujahideen in 1997 and was concerned in terrorist actions in J&Ok. He escaped to Pakistan in 2009 and is presently working as an LeT handler. At his occasion, accused Mr. Sheikh had collected the explosives smuggled from throughout the border in Kathua sector utilizing drones. Through the web, Mr. Bhat taught him to configure IEDs.
On September 28, 2022, Mr. Sheikh allegedly planted the bombs in two buses, which have been plying between Basnatgarh and Udhampur. While one system went off round midnight, the opposite exploded in the early hours of September 29.
After getting arrested, Mr. Sheikh allegedly disclosed that extra explosives had been stored for future assaults. Subsequently, two extra IEDs, three sticky bombs, three detonators and two programmed timer units have been seized from his residence, mentioned the company in an announcement.
