New
Delhi, Feb 20: The National Investigation Agency will probe the planning and
execution of the terror attack, the second such in three decades of militancy
in Jammu and Kashmir.
The
National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the probe in the Pulwama terror
attack case on Wednesday and named Pakistan-based terror outfit
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in the First Information Report.
A
senior official said Jaish chief Masood Azhar has not been named in the FIR as
yet, as it was only a preliminary report and the NIA was only re-registering
the case filed by the J&K police. His role in the attack is being actively
investigated.
Meanwhile
India's High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria met Home Minister Rajnath
Singh on Wednesday and is learnt to have briefed him about the efforts made by
India to isolate Pakistan globally in the wake of the terror attack that killed
40 CRPF personnel on February 14.
"The
Director-General of NIA and a team of senior officers visited the place of
occurrence. The officers of CRPF and local police were also present. He was
briefed by the officers about the progress made in the investigation so
far," an NIA spokesperson said.
Another
official said the suicide bomber was driving a Maruti Eeco car and not an SUV
as reported earlier but "expert opinion was awaited".
Mr.
Bisaria was called back by the government for consultations after the Pulwama
attack.
"There
is no point in giving any more dossiers to Pakistan on the involvement of
Pakistan-based terror outfits in attacks here. In the past, they have not acted
on any such document. We will convince the rest of the world about Pakistan's
role in the Pulwama attack," an official said. (The Hindu)