TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/The National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheet in the Pathankot airbase terror attack has named Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, his brother Rauf Asghar and two other JeM terrorists as the main accused. The NIA chargesheet was filed today in the Panchkula special court in Haryana, almost a year after terrorists stormed the Indian Air Force base, killing eight people including seven personnel of the IAF and the NSG.
The two others names in the chargesheet are Qashif Jan and Shaid Latif. All four will be tried under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). According to NIA, the terrorists, who were killed after two days of gunfight, were identified as Nasir Hussain, Hafiz Abu Bakar, Umar Farooq and Abdul Qayum and they were residents of Vehari (Punjab), Gujranwala (Punjab), Sanghar (Sindh) and Sukkur (Sindh) of Pakistan respectively.
Immediately after the Pathankot attack on January 2 this year, Asghar had posted a video message claiming the responsibility for the terror strike and glorified the role of his brother Azhar, who was released in exchange for passengers of a hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814 in 1999. India is expected to use the NIA chargesheet at various international fora to highlight the role of Masood Azhar in spreading mayhem in India and refer to the nefarious plans of his outfit.
