Srinagar: Three days after Pakistani terrorist Mohammad Navid aka Usman Khan was caught alive by the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur, the joint interrogation is being carried out by the National Interrogation Agency, the state police and Intelligence Bureau in Srinagar.
The Director General of the NIA rubbished the reports of tussle between the state police and the NIA. "Media reports about tussle between the state police and NIA are baseless. State police is also doing its job and fully cooperating with Central agencies," the official said.
Sources had said J&K Police was reluctant to hand over the 20-year-old terrorist to NIA as it has already got permission to prosecute him. The state police was also not keen on handing over the Udhampur attack case to the investigating agency.
On August 5, Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist Usman, along with his accomplice Momin, attacked a Border Security Force convoy killing two personnel and injuring eight others in Udhampur. While Momin was killed in the gunbattle, Usman fled into the forests after taking three hostages. He was soon surrounded by a team of BSF and Army soldiers and a brief gunbattle followed. He was overpowered by his hostages and captured.
Intelligence sources said Usman had infiltrated into India along with at least four other LeT terrorists. After entering India, the group split into two. While three terrorists attacked Dinanagar in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, the other two including Usman were waiting to strike at another location.
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