In one of the deadliest terror attacks in the Indian region of Kashmir, a suicide bomber in an explosive-laden car rammed a convoy of troops in February 2019, killing 44 soldiers and injuring several more, raising tension with arch-rival Pakistan. India accused Pakistan of supporting terrorists, a charge denied by Islamabad.
India's top investigative agency filed its first charge-sheet on Tuesday (25 August), naming 19 people accused of carrying out last year's deadly 14 February terrorist attack on its troops in Kashmir.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) called the Pulwama attack in Kashmir a “well-planned criminal conspiracy hatched by the Pakistan-based leadership of the terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammad” in the 13,500-page charge-sheet.
The agency has traced links to Pakistan and Afghanistan, listing out evidence like photographs of “every step” of the attack, the car used, videos of rehearsals by the attackers, a WhatsApp call log to numbers in Pakistan, and Pakistan bank accounts details regarding where the money was deposited.
The charge-sheet, filed 18 months after the attack, named Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist Masood Azhar and his brother Rauf Asghar as key conspirators. Out of the 19 accused, six were already eliminated, seven arrested and five still absconding.
Explosives from Pakistan
NIA has listed voice notes of JeM Chief Masood Azhar's brother, Rouf Asghar, discussing the attack as evidence…
