JAMMU: The National Investigation Agency will likely file the charge sheet in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in the special NIA court in J&K’s Jammu city on Monday.
NIA sources said the investigation agency is filing the charge sheet in the designated court here as the 180-day statutory deadline under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), since the first arrests were made, is set to expire.
Two residents of the Pahalgam area, Bashir Ahmad Jothar and Parvez Ahmad Jothar, were arrested on June 22, nearly two months after terrorists killed 25 tourists and a local pony owner at Baisaran meadow.
“The two arrested persons are accused of harbouring and providing logistical support to three Pakistani terrorists, Suleiman Shah, Hamza Afghani alias Afghani and Jibran, who carried out the attack. The 180-day deadline for filing the charge sheet ends on December 18, and the agency is filing the charge sheet before the court within the stipulated period today, ” NIA sources said.