NIA will probe terror attack on CISF vehicle in J&K

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has handed over the case of a terror attack on a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) vehicle carrying 15 personnel on 22 April in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sunjwan to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), top government officials said on Thursday.

The NIA took over the case soon after the anti-terror agency received an official order from the MHA asking it to investigate the matter from all possible angles. The NIA has re-registered the case which was initially being probed by the Jammu and Kashmir Police.

The move comes within a week of the incident following a visit of the anti-terror agency at the spot hours after the attack which was reported at about 4.25 am on 22 April when the 15 CISF personnel, who were performing duty in the outer cordon near the Chadda Camp and their relieving teams was just arrived by bus.

The CISF, in a statement then said, all the CISF personnel came under heavy firing from the terrorists. “The CISF personnel immediately took position and retaliated. During the course of retaliation, terrorists lobbed grenades and by taking advantage of darkness managed to escape from the spot towards the nearby residential area,” the CISF had said. In the attack, the Central Armed Police Force said, Assistant Sub Inspector S.P. Patel of CISF laid down his life while undergoing treatment in hospital, one personnel was grievously injured and six other personnel of the Force sustained minor injuries while valiantly retaliating