Month On, 2k Questioned, Attackers Yet To Be Nabbed

Perpetrators unlikely to have crossed over to Kishtwar; they must be hiding in Valley: Army officer

- Mir Ehsan

SRINAGAR: Even a month after the killing of 25 tourists and a local pony wala in Baisaran, Pahalgam, the killers are still at large amid operation to track them down in south Kashmir and neighboring Kishtwar district of Jammu. The NIA, which is investigating the case, is still questioning local eyewitnesses.

In the past one month, more than 2,000 people have been picked up across Kashmir for questioning. Many were released but dozens were booked under the stringent Public Safety Act. Even the police claimed to have raided the houses of more than 100 terror associates across Kashmir. Even on Wednesday, NIA investigators called local pony walas and other eyewitnesses for questioning. The agency has also questioned relatives of victims of terror attack and those who survived the attack and locals who were present when the attack took place last month.