NIA chargesheets 3 linked to ISIS over 2024 Srinagar grenade attack
Srinagar, May 4 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted three accused linked with the banned Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)/Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) terrorist group, for their alleged involvement in the 2024 Srinagar market grenade attack, an official statement released on Saturday said, adding that a woman was killed in the strike and several other civilians injured. In its chargesheet filed before the NIA special court, Jammu, the anti-terror agency 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), it said.
All three are currently in judicial custody, the NIA said in the statement.
Usama and Umer were arrested on November 7, just four days after the November 3, 2024, attack at the busy Sunday market near Tourist Reception Centre (TRC) in Srinagar, it said.
Afnan was arrested on November 8 for his role in the criminal conspiracy aimed at waging a war against India through targeted terrorist attacks on security forces and civilians, the probe agency said.
The 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.
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, the NIA said.
Investigations in the case, which was registered by the NIA on January 31, 2025, are continuing in an effort to identify the wider network involved in the attack....
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