NIA detains minor over '23 Rajouri terror attack

THE MINOR WAS INVOLVED IN THE KILLING OF SEVEN CIVILIANS IN THE RAJOURI DISTRICT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR IN 2023

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has apprehended a juvenile for allegedly "harbouring" the terrorists involved in the killing of seven civilians in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir last year, the agency said in a statement on Sunday.

The federal anti-terror agency said that the minor was lodged at an observation home in RS Pura town of Jammu over a different case registered in Poonch. The agency did not disclose what that case was. The minor was taken into custody by NIA on Saturday and produced before the Juvenile Justice Board in Rajouri for remand.

"Investigations by the NIA had revealed that the apprehended juvenile, along with two other earlier arrested persons, namely Nisar Ahmed alias Haji Nisar and Mushtaq Hussain alias Chacha, was involved in harbouring the terrorists who had carried out the horrendous attack," NIA statement said.