5 accused taken in NIA custody in Naved Jatt escape case
Srinagar, Feb 15 (IBNS): To investigate the connection with the escape of Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mohammed Naveed Jhatt from the Shri Maharja Hari Singh Hospital Srinagar, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday took the custody of five accused arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police
According to official spokesman of NIA,the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar on Thursday granted a transit remand of two days to investigate the escape connection.
The five accused Shakeel Ahmed Bhat, Tika Khan, Syed Tajamul Islam, Mohammed Shafi Wani and Jan Mohammed Ganai were arrested by the police for allegedly conspiring in the escape of Jhatt. All the five accused are residents of Pulwama in case RC No 05/2018/NIA/DLI.
All accused will be produced before the NIA special court at Jammu the winter capital of the state tomorrow for seeking police custody, the spokesman said.
Naveed Jhatt had managed to escape on February 6 after attacked the police escort team at the SMHS Hospital here, killing two cops.
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