On October 6, 2020, terrorists carried out an attack on the district vice president of BJP, Ghulam Qadir at Nunner Ganderbal in which one terrorist involved in the attack namely Shabir Ahmad Shah of Tral was neutralised on the spot in retaliatory fire. One constable Mohammad Altaf also attained martyrdom due to a gunshot wound during the incident.
Accordingly FIR No 209 of 2020 U/S 302 IPC, 13, 16, 18 UA (P) A and 7/27 IA Act, PS Ganderbal was registered and investigation set into motion.
During the investigation, the involvement of Qaiser Ahmad Sheikh (Hospital Security Guard) from Ganderbal was revealed. Technical details sought through ESU revealed some startling facts and sustained questioning of the subject on October 30, 2020, revealed that he was an active member of Hizbul Mujahideen and had been instrumental in the attack.
Accordingly, he was arrested. One pistol, one Pistol Magazine with 3 rounds of ammunition and some flags of Pakistan were recovered by police.
During sustained questioning, the said terror associate disclosed two other associates namely Hilal Ahmad Mir of Bernbugh Kangan, working as ATM Guard at SKIMS, and Asif Ahmad Mir of Serch Ganderbal (Private Security Guard at SMHS) who were also arrested and one more chines and ammunition, two detonators, Pakistani flags were recovered. All the three had come in contact with terror operatives in South Kashmir and were tasked to prepare a kill list of local political workers and attack them.
Further investigation in the case is going on and more arrests are expected.