National Investigation Team (NIA) probing Udhampur terror attack on Thursday shifted arrested Pakistani militant Mohd Naved in a special flight from Jammu to New Delhi.
lodged in Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) in Miransahib for last two days Naved was escorted under tight security arrangements in a bullet proof vehicle inside technical area of Jammu airport from where he was airlifted in a special flight.
Meanwhile, Director General NIA Sharad Kumar who could not visit the encounter site on Wednesday due to long traffic jam on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on Thursday inspected the spot where BSF convoy was attacked by the two militants on August 5.
Sharad Kumar was accompanied by senior NIA officer Alok Mittal. Senior State police officers of Udhampur including DIG Udhampur-Reasi, SSP Udhampur and CRPF commandant also briefed NIA Chief on the spot.
NIA chief had also interrogated Mohd Naved in Jammu for a brief period before proceeding to Udhampur for a spot visit.
According to official sources, Mohd Naved was airlifted in a special BSF plane around 11.35 am from technical area of Jammu airport.
NIA had earlier obtained 14 day remand of Mohd Naved to carry out thorough investigation in the case. Various security agencies and the State police have already launched a hot chase against the sympathisers of Mohd Naved for sheltering him and exposing the network of sleeper cells.