The National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigating the Pahalgam terror attack has found a big clue. The role of Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, the head of Al Umar Mujahideen, has been revealed in the Pahalgam attack. The NIA investigation has revealed that the supporters of Zargar helped overground workers in the Pahalgam attack.
According to the information received, Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar is the operational commander of terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed and is also accused of the 2019 Pulwama attack. Maulana Masood Azhar and Mushtaq Zargar were acquitted in the December 1999 Kandahar kidnapping case. He currently lives in Pakistan. This important disclosure has been made during interrogation of overground workers arrested in various cases.
NIA seized Zargar’s house in 2023
The terrorist organization of Zargar has been banned by the Government of India and its house has been seized by the National Investigation Agency in 2023. Mushtaq Zargar is currently in Pakistan and is said to have a resident of Srinagar and has influence between overground workers and his supporters. That is why the role of Zargar in the Pahalgam terror attack is also being investigated.
26 killed in Pahalgam terror attack
26 people were killed in a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir on 22 April. Most of the dead were tourists. After this attack, India took strict action against Pakistan and suspended the Indus Water Treaty. Apart from this, the Pakistani visa was also canceled. India completely stopped all types of trade with Pakistan.
When did the Kandahar aircraft kidnapping occur?
In 1999, an Indian Airlines aircraft was kidnapped from Nepal. The terrorists took him from Kathmandu to Amritsar and Lahore and then Kandahar in Afghanistan. The aircraft had 180 passengers. In exchange for these passengers, the terrorists had conditioned to release 3 terrorists including Maulana Masood Azhar. The terrorists kept the aircraft kidnapped for a week. To save the lives of the passengers, the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government decided to release the three terrorists. These included Maulana Masood Azhar, Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar and Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh. These terrorists were taken to Kandahar by a special aircraft. The same Masood Azhar founded the terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed in 2000.
