Yogesh
Jammu, Jun 23 : A local court in Jammu on Monday granted five-day remand of two terrorist aides , who were arrested for harboring the Pakistani terrorists behind the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, to National Investigation Agency (NIA), officials told the news agency.
The two men – Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar from Batkote, Pahalgam, and Bashir Ahmad Jothar of Hill Park, Pahalgam – were arrested by NIA on Sunday in the first breakthrough in the investigations into the terror attack that left 26 persons, mostly tourists, dead and 16 others injured.
According to the NIA, the arrested accused have disclosed the identities of the three armed terrorists involved in the attack, and have also confirmed that they were Pakistani nationals affiliated to the banned terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba.
The two accused were produced in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge, Jammu, Ritesh Kumar Dubey, and were sent to NIA custody for five days till June 27, a court official said.
Parvaiz and Bashir had knowingly harbored the three-armed terrorists at a seasonal dhok (hut) at Hill Park before the attack, according to NIA investigations.
The two men had provided food, shelter and logistical support to the terrorists, who had, on the fateful afternoon, selectively killed the tourists on the basis of their religious identity, making it one of the most gruesome terrorist attacks ever, the NIA said—
