Srinagar, Publish Date: Jan 29 2018
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday filed a charge sheet against eleven persons, including a juvenile, over an attack on a bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims last year. Eight pilgrims were killed in the attack that took place in Batengoo area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on July 10 last year.
Those charge sheeted including four militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba killed in separate gunfights last year.
A police statement said that a case (FIR No. 157/2017) under RPC sections of 302,307,326, 427 and 7/27 Arms Act and under section 16, 18, 20 ULA (P) Act was registered last year after the attack.
“Subsequently, police constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed Tahir Ashraf Bhatti (SP) under the close supervision of SSP Anantnag Altaf Khan and DIG SKR Anantnag,” it said.
The charge sheet was filed against accused persons before Sessions Court Anantnag and Chief Judicial Magistrate (Juvenile Court) Anantnag.
“During the course of investigation, it was established that Pak based LeT (militants) were involved in ‘SANJY’ attack. Further, on the basis of evidences collected during the course of investigation complicity of eleven (11) people was established, of which four (04) persons including one (01) juvenile were arrested in the instant case,” said the statement.
The accused include Aijaz Ahmad Wagay S/o Ghulam Qadir Wagay R/o Poshkreri Srigufwara, Bilal Ahmad Reshi S/o Mushtaq Ahmad Reshi R/o Iqbal Market Bijbehara, Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh S/o Mohd Maqbool Sheikh R/o Sheikh Mohalla Khudwani, Kulgam, Khalid Muzaffar Dar S/o Gh. Qadir Dar R/o Rehpora Khudwani, Kulgam, Tanveer Ahmad Dar S/o Bashir Ahmad Dar R/o Rehpora Khudwani Kulgam, Sarjeel Ahmad Sheikh S/o Ab. Hamid Sheikh R/o Khudwani, Abu Ismail @ Haroon R/o Pakistan, Yawar Bashir Wani @ Ayaan S/o Bashir Ahmad Wani R/o Habilsh Devsar, Maaviya R/o Pakistan, Furqan R/o Pakistan, and a juvenile (name withheld).
“During the investigation incontrovertible evidences have been brought on record establishing complicity of above mentioned accused persons in the instant case,” said the statement.
It said the main accused in the instant case, Abu Ismail was killed in an encounter in Arigam, Nowgam, Srinagar on September 14, 2017 and Yawar Bashir alias Ayaan, Maaviya and Furqaan were killed in an encounter at Qazigund.
“Accused Khalid Muzafar Dar of Rehpora Khudwani, Tanveer Ahmad Dar of Rehpora Khudwani and Sarjeel Ahmad Shiekh of Khudwani are absconding in the case,” it said.
He said Aijaz, Bilal and Zahoor are in judicial custody. “Further, during the course of investigation, one of the accused persons (name withheld because he is a juvenile) was also arrested and is presently on bail.”
“After obtaining sanction of the Government U/S 45 ULA(P) Act in the instant case, charge sheet has been filed in the court against the accused persons. Further investigation under section 173 (8) of the code is going on.”
