The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against three accused, including a Pakistani handler, in a terror conspiracy case involving the seizure of arms and ammunition in the border district of Poonch. The charge sheet was filed yesterday before a special NIA court in Jammu, which named Abdul Aziz, Munawar Hussain, and Nazir Hussain alias Ali Khan. They have been charged under Section 61(2) of BNS, 2023, besides provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the Arms Act. Nazir Hussain, currently active in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), is an operative of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF) terrorist organisation. According to NIA investigations, Nazir was involved in motivating the vulnerable people of Kashmir to engage in acts of violence as part of the larger conspiracy hatched by various proscribed organisations and their associates to carry out terrorist activities in the region.
The case was registered by the NIA based on an FIR filed by the Jammu and Kashmir police in October 2024 after a police party at Surankote in Poonch arrested Abdul Aziz and seized two grenades from his bag. His interrogation had led to the arrest of Munawar Hussain, from whom one pistol with one magazine and nine rounds was seized. The NIA said subsequent investigations revealed both the accused were in contact with handler Nazir, exposing a conspiracy from across the border to destabilise Jammu and Kashmir through acts of violence and terror aimed at disrupting the region’s communal harmony and peace.
