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NIA files charge sheet against four Kashmiri students

New Delhi | By
Apr 05, 2019 11:55 PM IST

Musa’s cousin Yasir Rafiq Bhat and two others – Zahid Gulzar and Mohammad Idris Shah, all residents of Awantipora in Kashmir valley, were arrested in October last year with a cache of arms and explosives

The National Investigation Agency on Friday filed a charge sheet against four Kashmiri students, including the cousin of Zakir Musa — who leads Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH), a valley based terror outfit having affiliations with Al-Qaeda.

NIA files charge sheet against four Kashmiri students(Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)
NIA files charge sheet against four Kashmiri students(Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO)

Musa’s cousin Yasir Rafiq Bhat and two others – Zahid Gulzar and Mohammad Idris Shah, all residents of Awantipora in Kashmir valley, were arrested in October last year with a cache of arms and explosives – including one AK-56 rifle, two magazines with 27 live rounds and 1kg explosive powder, from a hostel room of CT Group of Institutions in Jalandhar, Punjab. Later, their associate – Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, who was studying in another institute in Punjab, was also arrested.

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According to NIA spokesperson Alok Mittal, “It was found that the arrested accused were cadres of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH), a Kashmir-based terrorist organisation with a pan-Islamic ideology...”.

All four have been charged under unlawful activities prevention act (UAPA).

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