NIA ARRESTS JAMMU DEPUTY JAIL SUPDT

JAMMU/ SRINAGAR : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested two accused including deputy superintendent of a prison here in connection with trying to facilitate travel of two militants to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) for arms training to wage war against the state.

The accused have been identified as Ishaq Palla of Shopian and Feroz Ahmad Lone of Budgam. Lone is at present posted as deputy jail superintendent, Amphalla prison in Jammu. They have been arrested in a case RC-07/2018/NIA/DLI under Section 120B of RPC and 13, 18 and 18 B of UAP Act.

“Case pertains to an attempt by accused Suhail Ahmad Bhat and Danish Ghulam Lone, who were arrested earlier, for travelling to PoK for arms training. They were motivated by Ishaq Palla. At the time of incident, Palla was lodged in Central prison Srinagar in a different case and was instrumental in hatching the conspiracy from the jail,” stated an official release.

In this conspiracy, Palla was actively assisted by Feroze Ahmad Lone, who was posted as deputy jail superintendent central jail Srinagar at that time, it added.

The official statement further said the conspiracy meeting at the central prison Srinagar was held on October 25, 2017.

The accused were in contact with each other through blackberry messenger during the entire month of October, before they were apprehended by the police on October 30, last year.

NIA stated that accused Ishaq Palla has been remanded to 10 days’ NIA custody by the special NIA court Jammu.

Other accused Feroz Ahmad Lone will be produced before the court on Wednesday for seeking his custody. Investigation continues to unearth the larger conspiracy, said an official.

THE ACCUSED WERE IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER THROUGH BLACKBERRY MESSENGER IN OCTOBER 2017