Pulwama terror attack accused JeM operative files bail plea to appear for NEET exam

Days after National Investigation ncy (NIA) filed its chargesheet in Pulwama terror attack, an accused has sought bail citing that he wants to appear for upcoming NEET exam. accused identified as Waiz-ul-Islam, has been linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed terror outfit and is presently in NIA custody. bail is set to be heard on September 3 while NIA counsel Vipin Kalra has affirmed that investigating ncy will oppose application. NEET exam, which is a competitive exam to acquire a seat in medical colleges across country, is set to be held on September 13. 

Next hearing on Sept 15

On August 25, NIA filed a 13,500-p chargesheet in February 14, 2019 Pulwama terror attack and named several Pakistani nationals as accused in case. Apart from Waiz-ul-Islam, ors named in charge sheet include Pakistani nationals Rouf Asgar Alvi, Ammar Alvi, Mohd Ismail, Muhammad Umar Farooq, Mohd Kamran Ali, and Qari Yasir. 

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Out of 19 names in charge sheet, 7 are said to be in NIA's custody, ar 7 are said to have been encountered by forces, and 5 are said to be in Pakistan. 7 JeM operatives under NIA's custody include Mohammad Abbas Rar, Tariq Ahmad Shah, Mohammad Iqbal Rar,  Shakir Bashir Magrey, Waiz-ul-Islam, Insha Jan, and Bilal Ahmed Kuchey. 

Next hearing in case is set for September 15. As per sources, statements of all accused have been recorded and key-conspirator Masood Azhar will be declared as an absconder by special NIA court in next few days. 

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Pulwama Terror Attack

At around 3 pm on February 14, 2019, a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist drove an explosive-laden SUV into a convoy of vehicles carrying CRPF personnel on Srinagar-Jammu national highway in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. This resulted in killing of 40 CRPF personnel. As per reports, around 80 kg of explosives were used for attack.

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According to NIA sources, Pakistan used Adil Ahmad Dar, a local resident who rammed an explosive-laden car into a CRPF convoy in Pulwama, as a suicide bomber to project attack as a result of a home-grown militancy against “India’s occupation of Kashmir”.

Around 12 days after terror attack, in wee hours of February 26, Indian Air Force (IAF) jets had bombed JeM camp in Balakot, in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as a retaliation to cowardly attack. 

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