NIA court frames charges against four in Lethpora CRPF camp attack case

The charges have been framed against the four accused in the Lethpora CRPF camp attack in Pulwama. A large conspiracy was hatched by Jaish-e-Mohammad with the connivance of their active members and supporters based in Jammu and Kashmir to commit a militant attack on the intervening night of December 30-31, 2017.

Jammu: Special Judge NIA Jammu, Sunit Gupta on Thursday framed charges against the four accused in the Lethpora CRPF camp attack in Pulwama.

The four accused include Fayaz Ahmad Magray, Nisar Ahmad Tantray, Syed Hilal Andrabia and Irshad Ahmad Reshi.

According to the NIA, a large conspiracy was hatched by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) with the connivance of their active members and supporters based in Jammu and Kashmir to commit a militant attack on the CRPF camp, Lethpora in Pulwama district.

"As part of the conspiracy, three accused persons namely Fardeen, Manzoor Baba and Shakoor equipped with arms, ammunition, UBGL, explosives and other material, entered into the premises of CRPF Group Centre, Lethpora, Pulwama on the intervening night of December 30-31, 2017, and committed a militant attack on CRPF personnel. The CRPF personnel and J&K Police retaliated in self-defence," the NIA said.

"The encounter with the militants continued up to January 1, 2018, in which three aforesaid militants were eliminated and five CRPF personnel were killed while three others were seriously injured," it added.

Notably, a large number of arms, ammunition, explosives and other incriminating articles including documents were recovered from the possession of the slain militants.