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JAMMU: A peculiar NIA tribunal successful Jammu has extended by 45 days the custodial remand of 2 accused arrested connected charges of harbouring Pakistani terrorists progressive successful the April 22 Pahalgam panic attack.Special justice Sandeep Gandotra connected Thursday extended the remand of Pahalgam locals Bashir Ahmad Jothat and Parvaiz Ahmad, who hail from Baisaran and Batkote, respectively, beyond the stipulated 90-day play to let the NIA much clip to implicit its probe into the massacre of 26 people, aft nationalist authoritative Chandan Kumar Singh submitted that the probe was astatine a important stage, and respective witnesser statements yet to beryllium recorded.The investigating bureau besides stated that important grounds was inactive awaited, including investigation of mobile telephone information linked to Pakistani numbers, forensic reports from CFSL Chandigarh and NFSU Gandhinagar, and DNA profiling of seized blankets, shawls and bedsheets to found links with the slain terrorists. Arms and ammunition recovered successful a July 28 brushwood were besides nether forensic analysis, the prosecution said.The 2 accused were arrested connected June 22, and person been successful judicial custody astatine Amphalla territory jailhouse successful Jammu. Their 90-day remand was acceptable to expire connected Sept 19.Opposing NIA’s exertion for hold of remand, defence counsel Ashwani Kumar countered that the accused had already been successful custody for 2 months without conclusive evidence, and the bureau had failed to implicit probe wrong the clip granted.
Rejecting the defence plea, the tribunal noted that the allegations were sedate and straight linked to nationalist security, and granted 45 days’ hold portion directing the investigating serviceman to implicit the probe expeditiously.In different case, the aforesaid tribunal dismissed the bail exertion of Tanveer Ahmed Wani, erstwhile main of the LoC Traders Association, who is accused of channelising funds from Pakistan to fortify the web of the Hizbul Mujahideen.Wani, a nonmigratory of Pulwama, was arrested successful Feb 2020. According to the NIA, helium had beardown links with Pakistan-based Hizbul enactment and personally handed implicit currency to terrorists. He besides facilitated meetings and maintained an over-ground idiosyncratic web to way wealth for panic activities.After proceeding the prosecution and the petitioner’s counsel, justice Gandotra noted that the accusations were superior and straight linked to nationalist security. The gravity of charges nether IPC and UAPA barred bail astatine this stage, helium ruled.
