Escaped Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist case accused sent on 5-day remand

Jammu | Saturday | 17th February, 2018

Summary:

JAMMU: A special court of National Investigation Agency here on Friday sent five accused on a five-day remand in relation with the escape of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Naveed Jutt from a hospital.Shakeel Ahmed Bhat, Tika Khan, Syed Tajamul Islam, Md Shafi Wani and Jan Md Ganai , all residents of Pulwama town in Jammu and Kashmir, were sent on remand pertaining to the LeT terrorist's escape from Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital in Srinagar.Two policemen -- head constable Mushtaq Ahmed and constable Babar Ahmed -- of the Jammu and Kashmir Police were killed in the incident of Jutt's escape.The escaped terrorist is at present believed to be in the Pulwama area of South Kashmir..