NIA brings LeT operative held in Udhampur attack

Showkat Ahmed Bhat, arrested by NIA in connection with last month’s Udhampur terror strike on a BSF bus that left its two personnel dead, was brought here this evening for a scientific analysis of his statements and will be subjected to a lie detector test.

A resident of Pulwama in south Kashmir, Bhat was placed under arrest on September one by NIA which is probing the case in which two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists from Pakistan attacked a BSF bus in Jammu’s Udhampur and killed its two personnel.

One of the attackers identified as Mohammed Noman alias Momin was killed in retaliatory <g data-gr-id="20">fire,</g> while another Mohammed Naved Yakub was captured alive by villagers and handed over to the police.

Bhat will be produced before a court tomorrow for seeking permission for carrying out the polygraph test on him at the central forensic science laboratory, official sources said. He was in the custody of Jammu and Kashmir police immediately after the terror strike on August five and was booked under sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Arms Act.

National Intelligence Agency said 36-year-old Bhat was allegedly involved in transporting a group of four LeT terrorists--Mohammad Naved Yakub, Zhargham alias Mohammed Bhai, Abu Okasa and Noman from Baba Reshi in Baramulla district to south Kashmir soon after they had infiltrated India from PoK.

He is said to be an overground worker of LeT.

Earlier, the anti-terror agency had arrested Khursheed Ahmed, who ferried the terrorists to Jammu on two occasions.