J&K: NIA arrests two for harbouring terrorists involved in civilian killing in Rajouri this year

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two persons for harbouring the terrorists who had killed five civilians in Dhangri village of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district in January this year, the agency said on Saturday.

Nisar Ahmed alias Haji Nisar and Mushtaq Hussain were arrested on Thursday following the revelation of NIA investigations that "both the arrested accused persons were involved in harbouring the terrorists who had carried out the shocking killings of the civilians in Dhangri village in Rajouri district on January 1".

As per NIA, the two accused had provided "logistics support to the terrorists for more than two months and had sheltered them in a hideout, which was constructed by the arrested accused persons on the directions of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) handlers namely Saifullah alias Sajid Jutt, Abu Qatal alias Qatal Sindhi and Mohd Qasim."

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The accused were produced before the NIA Special Court in Jammu on Friday and were sent to 12 days of NIA custody. Both the accused were currently lodged in Central Jail in Kot Bhalwal in Jammu in another case registered at Gursai Police Station in Poonch district's Mendhar area.