Pulwama Attack: NIA files charge sheet, names Jaish chief Masood Azhar and 18 others

Guwahati: In a significant development, nineteen persons, including Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, have been named in the charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the February 2019 Pulwama terror attack case.

Notably, the charge sheet was filed by the NIA before a special court in Jammu on Tuesday.

The NIA charge sheet named 19 people which included seven Pakistanis. Among seven Pakistanis, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar was named as the mastermind of the February 2019 Pulwama suicide attack.

As per official reports, the charge sheet has irrefutable evidence - technical, material, and circumstantial - on Pakistan's role in the attack. It mentions the roles of the JeM leadership and the arrested accused in the attack and has details like chats, calls details of terrorists. etc.

Including the Jaish-e-Mohammed(JeM) chief, 18 other terrorists have been charged in the terror attack on security forces in Kashmir Valley, which had resulted in the killing of 40 CRPF soldiers.

The persons named in the charge sheet are as follows:

1. Masood Azhar Alvi, 52, Pakistani national

2. Rouf Asgar Alvi, 47, Pakistani national

3. Ammar Alvi, 46, Pakistani national

4. Shakir Bashir, 24, resident of Kakapora, Pulwama

5. Insha Jan, 22, resident of Kakapora, Pulwama

6. Peer Tariq Ahmed Shah, 53, resident of Kakapora, Pulwama

7. Waiz-ul-Islam, 20, resident of Srinagar

8. Mohd Abbas Rather, 31, resident of Kakapura, Pulwama

9. Bilal Ahmed Kuchhey, 28, resident of Hajibal, Lalhar, Pulwama

10. Mohd Iqbal Rather, 25, resident of Charar-e-Shareef, Budgam

11. Mohd Ismail, 25, Pakistani national

12. Sameer Ahmad Dar, 22, resident of Kakapora, Pulwama

13. Ashaq Ahmed Nengroo, 33, resident of Rajpura, Pulwama

14. Adil Ahmed Dar, 21, resident of Kakapora, Pulwama

15. Muhammad Umar Farooq, 24, Pakistani national

16. Mohd Kamran Ali, 25, Pakistani national

17. Sajjad Ahmed Bhat, 19, resident of Bijbehera, Anantnag

18. Mudasir Ahmad Khan, 24, resident of Awantipura

19. Qari Yasir, Pakistani national

Apart from mobile footage, the NIA also found evidence of footprints of infiltrating groups bringing RDX with them from the international border in the Jammu sector.

It is to be mentioned that digital evidence includes voice intercepts and WhatsApp messages with the exchange of videos, pictures, and chats, leaving little doubt that the terror attack was masterminded by the Pakistan-based JeM, as per the NIA.

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