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Udhampur terror attack: Truck driver remanded in custody 8/22/2015 11:53:01 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 22 : NIA on Saturday produced truck driver Khursheed Ahmed Bhat, who allegedly took LeT terrorist Mohammed Naved Yakub and his accomplice to Jammu before the Udhampur attack, in a court here which remanded him in 14-day custody. Amid tight security, NIA produced him in the court of Judge Y P Kotwal here early this morning. "NIA early morning produced truck driver in the fast track/TADA court in Jammu. They got 14-day remand", court sources said. Khursheed Ahmed Bhat alias 'Surya' was arrested after he was identified by Naved, a Pakistani national in his early 20s, who was captured by two youth after he tried to escape after the terror strike on August 5. Naved, a resident of Faisalabad in Pakistan, has been in Srinagar since August 19 and NIA conducted Test Identification Parade of people detained by the local police in connection with the attack. The driver, said to be an overground operative of the banned LeT, is a resident of Awantipura. NIA has also announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh to capture Abu Qasim, a Pakistani national hailing from Bhawalpur and commander of LeT's South Kashmir operations. He is accused of arranging logistics including transportation, accommodation and food for Naved and three other Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives who infiltrated the Valley from Gulmarg sector in June this year. NIA sources said Khursheed, a history-sheeter, had taken Naved and his accomplice Mohammed Noman alias Momin to Jammu on July 20 on a reconnaissance mission during which the timings of convoys of BSF and army were marked. The militants initially wanted to attack either of the convoys then and there but decided against it at the last minute and were ferried back to the Kashmir Valley, officials said. Khursheed, 35, has already served a prison term of two-and-a-half years for alleged drugs smuggling and cases are registered against him for involvement in stone-pelting incidents in 2010 and 2011.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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