Pulwama attack accuser’s bail application rejected

Jammu:A Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Jammu has rejected the bail application of 2019 Pulwama terror attack accused, officials said on Saturday.

Officials added that the special NIA court in Jammu has rejected the bail plea of Insha Jan alias Insha Tariq, an accused in the 2019 Pulwama suicide attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel.

The court said that sufficient material existed on record to presume that the accusations against her were prima facie true.

In his 15-page order delivered on August 20, Special Judge Prem Sagar held that the statutory bar under Section 43-D(5) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) also operated against the accused and prevented her release on bail at this stage.

Insha Jan, a resident of Harkipora village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, was arrested along with her father, Peer Tariq Ahmad Shah, on March 3, 2020. She is facing trial on charges under the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), the UAPA, the Arms Act and the Explosive Substances Act. The court framed charges against her on December 10, 2022.

According to the NIA chargesheet, she was allegedly involved in the terror conspiracy and remained in constant contact with Pakistani terrorist, Muhammad Umar Farooq, who, along with another Pakistani terrorist Mohd. Kamran Ali, was involved in planning the Pulwama attack before they were eliminated in separate encounters by security forces.