Naved to confess before court tomorrow

LeT terrorist Mohammed Naved Yakub, a resident of Pakistan, will make a confessional statement before a magistrate in the city on Wednesday regarding the role of the terror outfit in carrying out strikes like the Udhampur attack.

Naved, in his early 20s, was produced before a Special NIA court amid tight security on Monday. He was later taken to Chief Judicial Magistrate, where the investigating agency informed that he was willing to give a confessional statement, sources said.

Naved, along with his accomplice Mohammed Noman, had carried out a terror strike on a BSF convoy on August 5 in Udhampur, killing two BSFpersonnel. Momin was killed in retaliatory <g data-gr-id="28">fire,</g> while Naved was arrested.

Earlier, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which had the custody of Naved till Monday, 

informed the special court that he was being taken to CJM’s court for beginning the process of recording his confessional statement under 164 criminal procedure code.

As per law, Naved was sent for two days’ judicial custody, after which he would be produced before a magistrate and his confessional statement would be written and <g data-gr-id="24">videographed</g> as well.

The accused is kept away from the probe agency for 48 hours for him to get an opportunity to rethink whether or not he wanted to give a confessional statement <g data-gr-id="26">suo</g>-<g data-gr-id="27">motu</g>. He would be produced before a magistrate assigned by the CJM on Wednesday. The report of his lie detector test is expected soon and the same will be provided to the magistrate, who would be recording his confessional statement.

Naved was extensively questioned for over a fortnight by the NIA and sleuths of intelligence agencies during which he identified the truck driver Khursheed Ahmed Bhat, who has been arrested.