North India Statesman
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A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has given a big blow to the accused in the grenade attack on Maqsoodan police station in Jalandhar seven years ago in 2018. The court rejected the bail pleas of the three main accused in the attack, Aamir Nazir, Shahid and Fazil Baseer.
This decision was taken keeping in mind the seriousness of the case, allegations of terrorist activities and evidence. The agency had registered a case against the accused under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 120B (criminal conspiracy), 427, 153, 153A, 153B of the Indian Penal Code as well as sections 10, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20 and 23 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Came to Chandigarh before Kashmir
NIA investigation has revealed that the accused were associated with pro-Khalistan terrorist organizations. They were conspiring to spread terror in Punjab. All three accused are currently in judicial custody and in jail. NIA has filed a charge sheet in this case.
According to reports, four hand grenades were collected from an unidentified member of the terrorist organization near Verka Plant in Jalandhar on September 9, 2018. Subsequently, on September 13, Ruf Ahmed Mir and Omar Ramzan flew from Kashmir to Chandigarh, from where they went to Jalandhar by road.
four explosions were caused by hand grenades
Four hand grenades were thrown at Maqsudan police station. Following a police investigation, two Kashmiri students from a private engineering college, Shahid and Fazil Bashir, were the first to be arrested. One was arrested from Awantipura in Jammu and Kashmir and the other from Jalandhar.
Both the accused were associated with terrorist organization Ghazwat-ul-Hind, whose leader was Zakir Rashid Bhat alias Zakir Musa, which had conspired to target security establishments across the country.
