Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 5 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) Inspector General DK Boora on Thursday said that there were no markings on 21 sandbags found in the tunnel which was detected along the international border in Jammu's Samba area.

Jammu Apr 26 PTI The NIA Tuesday took over the case of last weeks terror strike near an army camp here officials said as one of the three arrestees confessed to transporting terrorists from the International Border to Kashmir in the past also sending alarm bells ringing in the security establishmentThe case relates to the terror attack on a Central Industrial Security Force CISF bus and the subsequent encounter in Sunjwan area on the outskirts of the city on Friday While two Pashto-speaking suicide bombers of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed outfit were eliminated in the encounter an Assistant Sub Inspector ASI of CISF lost his life in the terror attack Nine other personnel including two policemen were injured Driver Bilal Ahmad Wagay and his helper Ishfaq Chopan of Kokernag area of Anantnag district who allegedly transported the terrorists from International Border in Sapwal to Jammu were arrested from Kashmir on Sunday Shafiq Ahmad Sheikh of Tral in Pulwama who had received the terrorists at Sunjwan and arranged for their stay in a house in the area for a day was the first to be arrested in the case while his brother Asif who emerged as a key conspirator is still at large and efforts are on to nab him the officials said They said the National Investigation Agency NIA took over the case on the orders of the Ministry of Home Affairs The anti-terror probe agency re-registered the case in Jammu under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act Indian Penal Code and Arms Act for a thorough investigation to unravel the whole conspiracy behind the attack they said The probe will be headed by a Senior Superintendent of Police SSP-rank officer the officials said They said the NIA took over the case amid disclosure by one of the arrested accused that he had earlier also ferried some more terrorists to Kashmir after their successful infiltration from Pakistan along the IB in Jammu On Monday the arrested accused were remanded in police custody for 10 days after they were produced before the third additional sessions judge also a designated NIA court Police have also detained the house owner where the terrorists had spent a day for questioning He has not been formally arrested though The truck which was used in the transportation of the terrorists had also been seized the officials said Announcing a breakthrough in the case on April 23 Additional Director General of Police Jammu Mukesh Singh they arrested Sheikh and identified the other accused on the basis of technical analysisAfter the encounter police teams worked tirelessly day and night to establish the identity of the conspirators who were behind this plan to carry out a suicide attack in Jammu which was successfully foiled he had said On the basis of technical analysis and evidence the police first zeroed in on Sheikh who works at a walnut factory at Narwal which is not far away from the scene of the encounter Sheikh and his brother Asif are deeply involved with terrorists of JeM Asif created a telegram ID called Pagal Jamaat mad group for Shafiq and also provided him with a mobile phone with a SIM card He also contacted a JeM commander in Pakistan by the name of Veer his telegram identity the ADGP had said He had said Wagay set out on the instructions of Pakistan-based JeM commander from Kashmirs Pulwama at 10 am on April 20 and reached Jammu around evening time He stayed at Transport Nagar and at around 12 am midnight he set out for Sapwal border in Samba and picked up two terrorists of JeM They boarded a medium sized truck loaded with empty vegetable crates and neatly created a cavity among the crates for hiding the terrorists the ADGP had said They reached Jallabad locality of Sunjwan around 230 am Sheikh received the terrorists and took them to his house where they stayed during the day and discussed their plans with their handlers across the border PTI TAS SKL TIR

Jammu Apr 26 PTI The National Investigation Agency NIA Tuesday took over the case of last weeks terror strike near an army camp here officials saidThe case relates to the terror attack on a CISF bus and subsequent encounter in Sunjwan area on the outskirts of the city on FridayWhile two Pashto-speaking terrorists who had infiltrated from across the border and travelled in a mini-truck from Sapwal in Samba to Jammu were eliminated in the encounter an ASI of CISF lost his life in the terror attackNine other personnel including two policemen were also injuredThree persons including the driver of the mini-truck and his helper have been arrested in connection with the case so far PTI TAS SKL TIR TIR

Jammu Apr 25 PTI Three people arrested in connection with the recent encounter in Sunjwan area here were on Monday remanded in police custody for 10 days officials said Two Pashto-speaking suicide bombers of Jaish-e-Mohammed JeM were killed in the encounter after they managed to sneak from across the border and killed a CISF officer by attacking his bus in Sunjwan on Friday Driver Bilal Ahmad Wagay and his helper Ishfaq Chopan of Kokernag area who allegedly transported the terrorists in a mini-truck from Sapwal border in Samba to Sunjwan and Shafiq Ahmad Sheikh of Tral who had received the terrorists and also arranged their stay in a house in the area for a day were arrested in the case so far Police have also detained the house owner for questioning However he is yet to be arrested formally in the case Producing the three accused before the court of third additional session judge also a designated NIA court the officials said police sought their remand for interrogation The court granted 10 days remand of the accused to the police and accordingly they were whisked away for questioning they said PTI TAS CK

Jammu Apr 23 PTI Two Kashmiri residents were nabbed in connection with the Sunjwan encounter that left two suicide bombers of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed JeM outfit dead here a senior police officer said on Saturday Additional Director General of Police ADGP Mukesh Singh said the police were looking for two more conspirators involved in the planning and transportation of the two heavily-armed terrorists from Sapwal in Samba district to Jammu One of the arrested persons told police that the slain terrorists were Pashto-speaking either from a village in Pakistan bordering Afghanistan or from Afghanistan itself he told reporters PTI TAS AQS

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 22 (ANI): A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday visited the Sunjwan area in Jammu and Kashmir, where a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) vehicle carrying 15 personnel was attacked by terrorists earlier in the day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Jammu visit on April 24.

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 22 (ANI): State Investigation Agency (SIA) team on Friday reached the Sunjwan area of Jammu to investigate the terrorist attack on Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) bus carrying 15 personnel earlier today.