New Delhi: A 50-years-old Pulwama resident and his 23-years-old daughter have been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on charges of providing shelter to the terrorists involved in the February 14, 2019 Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel.
The man has been identified as Tariq Ahmed Shah and his daughter has been identified as Insha Jan. As per the NIA, Shah—a resident of village Hakripora in Pulwama—is a tipper driver in South Kashmir.
During initial interrogation, the NIA has said that Shah has disclosed that his house at Hakripora by Adil Ahmed Dar—a fidayeen, Mohd. Umar Farooq, a Pakistani terrorist and IED maker, Kamran, another Pakistani terrorist (both were later killed in encounters with security forces), Sameer Ahmed Dar, a Jaish-e-Mohd terrorist from Pulwama and Mohd. Ismail alias Ibrahim alias Adnan, a Pakistani terrorist.
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The NIA says that Tariq Ahmed Shah provided shelter to all these terrorists at his house enabling them to plan the heinous attack on the CRPF convoy. His house was also used by the above mentioned terrorists for preparing and recording of video of Fidayeen Adil Ahmed Dar, which was released by Jaish-e-Mohammad soon after the Pulwama attack, the NIA has stated.
Shah’s daughter Insha has been accused of facilitating these terrorists at their home by providing food and other logistics during their stay on more than 15 occasions for 2-4 days each time during 2018-2019.
“Initial interrogation has revealed that Ms. Insha Jan was in constant touch with Mohd. Umar Farooq, Pakistani IED maker and was in communication with him over telephone and other social media applications,” the NIA stated.