New Delhi, Oct 25: The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday filed a charge- sheet against one accused Zabiullah alias Hamja in a case registered against him in an encounter between security forces and terrorists of Lashkar-e-Toiba (Let) at Kupwara in March this year.
Zabiullah, a Pakistani national, is a resident of Bosan Road, in Multan, Pakistan and was booked under various sections of Ranbir Panel Code of Jammu and Kashmir, UA(P)A, Arms Act and Foreigner Act.
They said that the encounter took place on March 20 and 21 in the dense forest of Chak Fatah Khan, Halmatpora, Kupwara between the Indian Security Forces and Pakistan based LeT terrorists wherein five terrorists were killed and one terrorist namely Zabiullah alias Hamja managed to escape.
He was arrested later from the area of Jugtiyal, Tarshan, Kupwara later after a fortnight.
During investigation, it was found that in the first week of March, a group of six LeT terrorists infiltrated into Indian Territory through Line of Control, Kupwara in J&K.
This group of terrorists was heading towards Lolab area of Kupwara for establishing their bases for carrying out subversive activities in furtherance of waging war against India.
While this terrorist group was passing through the forests of Chak Fatah Khan, Halmatpora, Kupwara, they were intercepted by Indian Security Forces and a gun battle took place on March 20-21.
Investigation carried out by federal probe agency has proved that Zabiullah is a Pakistani national and belonged to the LeT. Evidence collected from the scene of crime clearly linked the AK 47 recovered from the possession of Zabiullah with the empty cartridges recovered from the site of encounter.
In this encounter, three army personnel and two Police personnel were martyred and four security personnel injured. Besides other articles, five AK-47 rifles, two Pistols, two Under Barrel Grenade Launchers (UBGL), one Silencer, Knives , four Compasses and huge quantity of ammunitions were recovered from the scene of the crime.
