NIA gets NBW against Azhar

April 09, 2016 02:52 am | Updated November 17, 2021 04:10 am IST - NEW DELHI:

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) secured non-bailable arrest warrants against Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar, his brother Abdul Rauf and two others for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror strike on the strategic Indian Air Force base in Pathankot.

A special NIA court in Mohali issued the ‘open-ended non-bailable warrant’ against Azhar, his brother, main handlers Kashif Jaan and Shahid Latif A red corner notice against Azhar already exists.

The special court issued the arrest warrant after examining the evidence presented by the NIA before it which included telephonic conversation between the terrorists and the Jaish handlers like Jaan and Latif. In the video on a website hosted from Pakistan, Rauf had claimed responsibility for the attack and complimented his boys for it. The video has since been removed and the website has also gone off the cyber world.

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