Nepal, Feb. 14 -- A Special Court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sentenced two overground workers (OGWs) of the Pakistan Army-backed banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to 15 years' imprisonment for assisting a Pakistani terrorist who infiltrated Jammu and Kashmir in 2016 to carry out attacks.Jammu Kashmir travel

The convicts, Zahoor Ahmed Peer and Nazir Ahmad Peer, residents of Handwara in Kupwara district, were found guilty of providing shelter, food and logistical support to the heavily armed terrorist and facilitating his movement and operations in the Valley.

The court sentenced both under Sections 18 and 19 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, along with nine years under Section 39 of the same Act. The sentences ...