Udhampur attack: Driver remanded in custody

NIA on Saturday produced truck driver Khursheed Ahmed Bhat, who allegedly took LeT terrorist Mohammed Naved Yakub and his accomplice to Jammu before the Udhampur attack, in a court here which remanded him in 14-day custody.

Amid tight security, NIA produced him in the court of Judge Y P Kotwal in the High Court complex here 

early this morning. "NIA early morning produced truck driver in the fast track/TADA court in Jammu. 

They got 14-day remand", court sources said. He was brought from Kashmir from Jammu after his arrest on Friday. Khursheed Ahmed Bhat alias 'Surya' was arrested after he was identified by Naved, a Pakistani national in his early 20s, who was captured by villagers after he tried to escape after the terror strike on August five. Naved, a resident of Faisalabad in Pakistan, has been in Srinagar since August 19 and NIA conducted Test Identification Parade of people detained by the local police in connection with the attack.