Srinagar, Mar 16: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Saturday chargesheeted two accused in the Kokernag encounter case.
The chargesheet before the NIA Special Court, Jammu, names Muhammad Akbar Dar and Ghulam Nabi Dar, both residents of the Kokernag area of Anantnag.
They have been charged under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Arms Act, and UA(P) Act.
The case (RC-04/2023/NIA/JMU) relates to a week-long encounter that took place at Guri Nad Forest, Halpora Kokernag, in which terrorist Uzair Khan was killed by the security forces.
Khan was an active member of The Resistant Front (TRF), an off-shoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
He joined the LeT in August 2022 and was involved in promoting terror activities against security forces in the Anantnag area through Pakistani handlers from across the border.
He had also been involved in earlier terror incidents in the Kokernag area and on previous two occasions had managed to flee from the clutches of the security forces after taking advantage of the mountainous and forest terrain.
Investigations revealed that the accused Muhammad Akbar Dar and Ghulam Nabi Dar were working as OGWs for terrorist Khan.
The duo was helping the terrorists active in the area to commit terror acts and activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
They were providing information about the movement of the security forces, along with logistic support in the form of food and daily needs items.
They were also harbouring terrorists by sheltering them.
They were also harbouring terrorists by sheltering them.
Both LeT and TRF are proscribed organisations and have been involved in the continuous instigation and motivation of Kashmiri youth to join terror outfits in the name of Jehad.
LeT is the largest terrorist group formed in the early 1990s and is actively engaged in reviving the network in the Anantnag area.
It is working through various offshoots in J&K.
The two outfits are operating on social media platforms like Twitter, Telegram, and YouTube channels to promote their cause and lure unemployed youth to carry out terror activities.
The case was initially registered on September 13, 2023, at Police Station Kokernag, Anantnag and re-registered by NIA on December 5.