A terrorist of Hizb-ul-Muzahidine terror outfit was nabbed by Shashatra Seema Bal (SSB) when he was trying to infiltrate 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 taking him on remand.
The terrorist arrested was identified as Nasir Ahmad Wani aka Sadiq of Banihal village under Ramban police station area of Jammu and Kashmir.
Preliminary interrogation with the terrorist revealed that Nasir joined Hizb-ul-Muzahidine terror outfit in year 2002-03 and later left for Pakistan. In year 2002, he and his aides had an encounter with army and he had suffered two bullet injuries in the counter firing then. In Pakistan he went through a rigorous arm training during which he learnt to operate with 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 and to know about the man who was associating him during their travel to Kathmandu. The sleuths will also interrogate Nasir to know his future plan and their target for which he and his aide were infiltrating the border.