Uri attack: NIA gets 10-day custody of 2 infiltrators arrested by army

September 28, 2016 18:01

National Investigation Agency has gotten a 10-day custody of the two PoK residents allegedly involved in Uri Attack.

The NIA took over the custody of the two men identified as Ahasan Kursheed alias DC, a resident of Khaliana Kalan, and Faisal Hussain Awan, a resident of Pottha Jahangir -- both in PoK. The NIA will produce them before a designated court soon, official sources said.

The two were arrested by the BSF and the Army in a joint operation at 'Angoor Post' at Gavalata village in Uri last Saturday when they were trying to infiltrate into India.

With both being residents of PoK, Army authorities interrogated them on whether they had any knowledge about the Uri attack in which 18 soldiers were killed.

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