The NIA has arrested the truck driver who allegedly ferried Pakistan terrorist Mohammed Yakub Naved to Jammu on two occasions. This includes August 4, a day before he and his accomplice ambushed a BSF bus, killing two of its personnel.
The driver, identified as Khursheed Ahmed alias ‘Surya’ is a resident of Awantipura.
NIA sources said Khursheed had taken Naved and his accomplice Mohammed Noman alias Momin to Jammu on July 20 on a reconnaissance mission.
Khursheed, 35, has already served a prison term of two-and-a-half years for drugs smuggling. There are several other cases registered against him for involvement in stone-pelting incidents in 2010 and 2011, officials said.
Information about Khursheed was given by Naved, who was taken to Srinagar and is currently in NIA custody.
The arrest was made by the NIA after receiving the go ahead from the anti-terror agency’s chief Sharad Kumar, who was himself in Srinagar to review the progress of the case.
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