The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on August 25, 2020, filed a chargesheet in the 2019 February Pulwama terror attack, in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed. These are apart from the six arrested accused in the case. The 13,500-page-long chargesheet details how the planning and execution of one of the deadliest terror attacks in Kashmir took place. Farooq, along with others, had assembled the IED used in the terror attack. The other five arrested accused named in the chargesheet are Shakir Bashir, Mohammad Abbas Rather, Waiz-ul-Islam, father-daughter duo Tariq Ahmad Shah and Insha Jan -- all alleged ground workers of the JeM.

Source: dna August 25, 2020 13:41 UTC