New Delhi, May 03:
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted three accused, linked with the banned ISIS/ISJK terrorist group, in the 2024 Srinagar market grenade attack which killed one woman and left several other civilians injured.
“In its chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court, Jammu, the anti-terror agency has named Sheikh Usama Yaseen, Umar Fayaz Sheikh, and Afnan Mansoor Naik under relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, Explosive Substances Act, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS),” a spokesman said in a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO)
“All three are currently lodged in judicial custody. Usama and Umer were arrested on 7th November, just four days after the attack that took place on 3rd November 2024 at the busy Sunday Market near TRC, Srinagar. Afnan was arrested on 8th November for his active role in the criminal conspiracy, aimed at waging a war against India through targeted terrorist attacks on security forces as well as the civilian population,” the statement reads.
NIA, which has also uncovered possible involvement of other terror groups in the conspiracy behind the attack, found during investigations that the trio had planned, conspired and executed the grenade attack with the intent to create panic and terror in the region, it added. “The attack was part of a broader strategy to disturb public order and further the violent agenda of terrorist outfits operating with support from across the border.”
Investigations in the case (RC-01/2025/NIA/JMU), which was registered by NIA on 31st January 2025, are continuing in an effort to identify the wider network involved in the attack, the spokesman said—(KNO)