SMHS Militant escape case: NIA gets two-day transit remand of five accused

Srinagar: The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar Thursday granted a transit remand of two days to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for the five accused arrested over escape of Lashkar militant Naveed Jatt during SMHS raid.
A case, RC No 05/2018/NIA/DLI, has been registered against Shakeel Ahmed Bhat, Tika Khan, Syed Tajamul Islam, Md Shafi Wani and Jan Md Ganai – all residents of Pulwama.
The accused were arrested a day after LeT militant Naveed Jatt alias Abu Hanzalla brought to the hospital for medical check-up escaped during a militant raid on Feb 6.
“The five accused will be produced before the NIA Special Court at Jammu tomorrow for seeking police custody,” said NIA IG Alok Mittal.
Two police personnel Head Constable Mushtaq Ahmed and Constable Babar Ahmed of Jammu and Kashmir Police were killed in the attack.