A terrorist of Hizbul Mujahideen was nabbed by Shashatra Seema Bal (SSB) when he was trying to infiltrate into the Indo-Nepal border in Sonauli on Saturday night. Soon after his arrest, ADG (law and Order) instructed the Anti Terror Squad (ATS) to interrogate the terrorist.
The terrorist was identified as Nasir Ahmad Wani aka Sadiq of Banihal village under Ramban police station area of Jammu and Kashmir.
Preliminary interrogation with the accused revealed that Nasir joined Hizbul Mujahideen in 2002-03 and later left for Pakistan. In 2002, he and his aides had an encounter with the Army and he suffered two bullet injuries in the counter firing then.
In Pakistan he went through a rigorous arm training during which he learnt to operate AK 47, AK 56, SlR and Assault Rifles. He later settled in lalamusha locality under Kharian Tehsil of Gujrat district of Pakistan. He entered into marriage with Ashanaeem in Pakistan and got a Pakistani passport on this address.
ATS sleuths said Nasir along with another terrorist left for Faislabad in Pakistan and later reached Sharjah and then traveled to Kathmandu.
As per an official communiqué, the case was transferred to ATS at the instruction of ADG (law and Order). The sleuths had been asked to take Nasir on remand to interrogate him to know about the man who was associating him during their travel to Kathmandu. They will also interrogate Nasir to know his plans and their target for which he and his aide were infiltrating the border.