Jammu, Ag 18 (IANS) A special NIA court in Jammu and Kashmir issued a non-bailable warrant against a Pakistan based terror handler named Mohammad Yaqoob alias Abu Sumana on Tuesday.

The NIA court issued non-bailable warrant since the terrorist is accused under section 35 of the UAPA. The NIA said that the accused’s involvement surfaced during the investigation into the recovery of one Chinese grenade and 15 live cartridges from Mohammad Naqeeb Bhat in Srinagar.

According to the NIA, Abu Sumama allegedly provided directions to arrested Pakistani terrorists Abdullah Rajput alias Kamran Ahmed and Khubaib alias Usman Jatt.

The accused allegedly directed them to carry out terrorist activities in Kashmir Valley targeting security forces and civilians. The court observed that the accused is absconding and allowed the NIA’s application for issuance of the non-bailable warrant.

On July 8, the same special NIA court in Jammu issued a non-bailable warrant against Hafiz Saeed, the Pakistan-based chief of the proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, in connection with a case pertaining to the ongoing probe into the Pahalgam terror attack.

The order was passed by the Special Judge of the NIA Court on July 8, two days after the NIA filed a supplementary chargesheet against Saeed in the Pahalgam terror attack case.

The supplementary chargesheet, filed before the special NIA court in Jammu, charges the 76-year-old Saeed in both his personal capacity and as the chief of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its proxy front, The Resistance Front (TRF). He has been booked under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

According to the court order, the NIA informed the court that absconding terrorist Saeed, a resident of Sargodha in Pakistan’s Punjab province, is an accused in Pahalgam terror attack and has been deliberately evading arrest.

The agency sought the issuance of an open-dated non-bailable warrant against him to initiate further proceedings in the matter and take legal action against him at any further investigation.

On April 22 last year, terrorists killed 26 people, mostly tourists, at Pahalgam in south Kashmir. Saeed, designated a global terrorist by India and the United States, is also considered the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

–IANS

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