Srinagar: Police in Srinagar produced a chargesheet in the “Bemina terrorist attack case” under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act registered in Police Station Bemina before the Court of Special Judge (NIA Court) in Srinagar, a police spokesperson informed Monday.
He said the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Srinagar Police produced the chargesheet in NIA Court against four accused persons involved in the terrorist attack in Hamdaniya Colony, Bemina, in December 2023 in which one police constable of J&K Police was killed.
The four accused persons identified in the charge-sheet are Mehnan Khan, resident of Syedpora Khawajapora, Rainawari; Imtiyaz Ahmad Khanday alias Raju, resident of Hamdaniya Colony Bemina; Danish Ahmad Malla, also a resident of Hamdaniya Colony Bemina; and Arjumand Gulzar alias Hamza Burhan, resident of Kharbatpora Ratnipora Pulwama, at present Pakistan.
“During investigation, it came to fore that the three accused persons were working as terrorist associates for the active terrorist Arjumand Gulzar alias Hamza, and they had obtained arms and ammunition through a well-knit criminal conspiracy aimed at targeted killing of the cop,” the police spokesperson said.
He said while the three accused persons have been arrested by Srinagar Police, the fourth accused — Arjumand alias Hamza is affiliated with the proscribed terrorist outfit Al Badr.
Police has also initiated proceedings to forfeit and attach properties and assets of the arrested accused persons accrued through illegal means, under relevant provisions of the UAP Act, the spokesperson said.
