Kamal Ghorui
SRINAGAR: J&K State Investigating Agency (SIA) on Thursday filed a chargesheet before a designated court against a Poonch resident, Sabar Hussain, for harbouring terrorists involved in the brutal killing of a govt employee two years ago in Jammu’s Rajouri district.An official spokesperson said unidentified terrorists suspected to be associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)/The Resistance Front (TRF) forcibly entered the residence of Mohammed Razaq at Kunda in Thanamandi, Rajouri, on April 22, 2024, and opened indiscriminate fire, killing him on the spot. Razaq’s brother, Tahir Khurshid alias Tahir Fauji, a Territorial Army jawan, sustained injuries in the attack.Investigations revealed that Sabar Hussain, a native of Khabalwali in Poonch district, had provided shelter, food and logistical support to three LeT/TRF terrorists involved in the terror killing at his seasonal hut in Chamrer during late June and early July, 2024. “Prima facie, offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act have been established against the accused,” the spokesperson said.Razaq’s father, Mohammad Akbar, who worked with the social welfare department, was also killed by terrorists 20 years ago, on March 13, 2004, in the same village. Razaq was given a job by the government on compassionate grounds in the same department.
