A local court on Monday allowed National Investigation Agency (NIA) plea to conduct the lie detector test of Showkat Ahmed Bhat, an accused in the Udhampur blast case. During in-camera proceeding, special NIA Judge Amar Nath, allowed NIA to conduct polygraph test. The test will be conducted on Tuesday. The NIA in its plea said Showkat Ahmed is consistently changing his statement on various occasions to hamper the leads in the investigation of the case.
"Accused Showkat Ahmed Bhat possesses the knowledge of intricate details of the conspiracy being furthered by the senior functionaries of the leT, who are operating from Pakistan and various parts of State of Jammu and Kashmir," NIA said.
During custodial investigation, Naveed Yakub, the prime accused disclosed the role of Bhat in the alleged conspiracy, the probe agency said. Showkat, a native of J&K's Pulwama District, felicitated the accused Mohammed Naved and three other leT terrorists by transporting them from near the Indo-Pak border till the place of their hide out in Pulwama.
Showkat was a part and parcel of the larger conspiracy hatched by leT and posses the intricate details of the Udhampur blast, the court said. Showkat transported Naveed and other three terrorists, who executed a terror attack on a BSF convoy on August 5 at Narsu Nallah Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur District. During the attack two jawans lost their lives, 14 other BSF personnel were injured. In response to the attack, the BSF jawans also killed one terrorist. Naved was nabbed by the villagers while Showkat was detained by the Jammu and Kashmir police after his name surfaced during the interrogation of Naved.