NIA officials said they had exercised their authority under Section 169 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which empowers police officials to release arrested individuals if no evidence is found against them. “People gather around her to comfort her, but they can do nothing but cry, either.”The two juveniles were arrested by the Indian Army on September 21, three days after the attack which claimed the lives of 19 soldiers. Three days later, an Army spokesperson said the two were “Pakistan-occupied Kashmir nationals who have been working for Jaish-e-Muhammad terror outfit”. In an e-mail to the The Indian Express, the Army had said this determination was based on what it described as “spot interrogation”. The Muridke-based terrorist group had held funeral rites for one of the attackers, as first reported by this newspaper.

Source: Indian Express March 08, 2017 23:37 UTC