Have arrested a key conspirator in Parihar brothers killing case : NIA

Jammu: The sleuths of National Investigation Agency(NIA) claimed to have arrested a key conspirator in the Parihar brothers killing case pertaining to Kishtwar.

In a statement, an NIA spokesman said that the accused namely Malik Noor Mohammad Fayaz, 51, a resident of village Phagsoo, Thathri, District Doda, Jammu and Kashmir was arrested in case number RC-36/2018/NIA/DLI.

“The case was initially registered as FIR no. 290/2018 dated 01.11.2018 at Police Station, Kishtwar, District Kishtwar, J&K relating to the killing of Anil Kumar Parihar and his brother Ajit Kumar Parihar, resident of Main Bazar, Kishtwar by unknown criminals who fired upon them while they were returning home," the statement said, adding that “NIA had re-registered the case and taken over the investigation."

The spokesman said that they had earlier chargesheeted seven accused persons including three killed militants of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen namely Osama-bin-Javid, Haroon Abbas Wani, Zahid Hussain and four arrested accused persons namely Nisar Ahmed Sheikh, Nishad Ahmed Butt, Azad Hussain Bagwan and Rustam Ali, all residents of Kishtwar in NIA Special Court, Jammu on 15.5.2020.

“Further investigation into the case to unearth the larger conspiracy hatched by the militants of HM and over ground workers (OGW) who were reviving the militancy in the region of Chenab valley i.e. Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban led to the identification of arrested conspirator," he said.

Investigation has revealed that he was the co-conspirator for reviving terrorism in Chenab valley, the spokesman said adding that he had also visited Assam and Nagaland along with slain HM militant Osama-bin-Javid for procurement of the weapons for the killings.

He was instrumental in motivating and recruiting gullible Muslim youths to join the cadre of HM.

Arrested accused was produced in NIA Special Court, Jammu on Wednesday and remanded to NIA custody for three days.