Two people were arrested as police in Srinagar used technology to solve the Amira Kadal grenade blast case on Sunday that killed two civilians, including a young girl. Police said that its Special Investigation Team used modern means of investigation and went through technical evidence to reach out to two persons who claimed to have hurled a grenade in a crowded market.
It said frame analysis of CCTV footage of crime scene, CCTV footage in Srinagar city, cell tower dump analysis, IP dump analysis, recreation of crime scene and helped them in verification by eyewitnesses. bust the case.
A police handout said that the SIT was able to identify the two accused who had come to commit the crime on a two-wheeler without a number plate and fled on the same after committing the terrorist act.
During a thorough analysis of the CCTV trail in Srinagar city, the routes followed by both the accused were located in the neighborhood of Khanyar area.
Police said that one accused Mohammad Barik of Kulipora in Khanyar has been arrested, in his preliminary investigation Fazil Nabi Sofi of the same area has been arrested. Officials said that the two-wheeler used in this grenade attack has also been seized by the SIT.
Police said that both the accused had carried out the terrorist incident on the instructions of the terrorists operating in Kashmir. The motive was to attack the parked security vehicle, but as soon as the grenade was hurled from the moving two-wheeler, the grenade exploded in the congested area, where many sellers and buyers were busy with routine work on the roadside.
Police said the particular area was chosen because of the huge crowd of people, commuters and roadside vendors. It said that earlier there were two grenade attacks in the same area on August 10, 2021 and January 25, 2022.
The Srinagar Police had requested the commercial establishments and shop owners to install CCTV cameras inside and outside their shops/commercial establishments as per the advisory issued by the Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar.
Meanwhile, The Resistance Front (TRF) claimed that its fighters do not carry out such attacks, especially near crowded places. A TRF statement released and circulated on social media claimed, “Such attacks are in favor of the occupation regime and Indian agencies have in the past carried out such attacks to malign resistance fighters and gain some sympathy from the outside world.” attacked.” made for.”
“Freedom fighters will give a befitting reply to this act and business puppets will regret being part of this mercenary occupation regime,” the statement said.
The grenade attack on Amira Kadal took place around 4:20 pm on Sunday. A case was registered at Shaheedganj police station under Section 307 of IPC, Section 7/27 of Indian Arms Act, Section 16, 23 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
An elderly man and a 19-year-old girl were killed and 36 were injured in the blast.
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