Three Kashmiri students held in Punjab: Case to be handed over to NIA, says DGP

Chandigarh | Sunday | 11th November, 2018

Summary:

Punjab Director-General of Police Suresh Arora. THE CENTRE and the Punjab government have decided to hand over the investigations into the case involving the arrest of three armed Kashmiri students, associated with Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH), to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Punjab Director-General of Police Suresh Arora said Saturday. The decision to hand over the case was taken after discussions between the Punjab government and the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, said Arora. While deciding to hand over the case to NIA, the two governments had also taken note of the fact that after these arrests, two more Kashmiri students were arrested by the Punjab Police in connection with the Maqsudan Police Station hand-grenade blasts case of September 14. According to sources, the outfit is headed by Zakir Rashid Bhatt aka Zakir Mussa..