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Two months after the Pahalgam terror attack, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two people from Pahalgam. The NIA investigation has revealed that both of them had sheltered three terrorists who carried out the attack.
The arrested accused are Parvez Ahmed Jothar and Bashir Ahmed Jothar. During interrogation, both of them stated the identity of the terrorists and also confirmed that they were Pakistani citizens and were associated with the banned terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET).
According to the NIA, Parvez and Bashir had deliberately held these three terrorists in a temporary Dhok (hut) in Hill Park before the attack. They provided them with food and other facilities.
27 tourists died in Pahalgam attack
In this attack, 27, including two foreign tourists, were killed and 16 people were seriously injured. Terrorists were selectively targeted by the tourists on the basis of their religious identity. The terrorist attack killed 27 people, including two foreign tourists. The incident took place in Besaran Valley, 6 km from Pahalgam city.
