New Delhi/July, 2: Union Minister Of State for Home G Kishen Reddy on Tuesday claimed that four out of the five militants involved in the Pulwama attack were killed, while one was arrested by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir.
He said in Lok Sabha that probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has revealed the links of module of the proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which was responsible for planning and execution of the attack.
Forty CRPF personnel were killed on February 14 in an attack by a suicide bomber on their convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
“Out of five accused, one was a suicide bomber. One accused was arrested, while two others were neutralized during pro-active engagement by the security forces. One of the accused, Mudasir Ahmad Khan alias Mohammed Bhai, was neutralised during proactive engagement by the security forces,” he said replying to a written question.
The minister said a Court of Inquiry is ordered in such cases to look into various aspects and accordingly, it was ordered by the CRPF.
