NIA to probe 2023 Poonch terror attack case

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency will probe last year’s terrorist attack on an Army convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch that left five personnel dead, officials said on Tuesday.

The process to take over the investigation into the matter has started and a case will be registered soon, they said.

The probe will ascertain any “common angle” in last year’s attack with the recent terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, the officials said, adding the involvement of Pakistan-based handlers in the case cannot be ruled out.

Five Army personnel lost their lives and another was seriously injured after their vehicle caught fire following a terrorist attack on April 20, 2023, in the Bhata Dhurian area under Poonch district.

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