National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists in connection with Uri terror attack and have been remanded to 15-day judicial custody. The two terrorists Faisal Hussain Awan and Ahsan Khursheed belong to Muzaffrabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
Accepting the NIA plea that investigations in the case are at initial stage and their custodial interrogation is needed to unearth a larger conspiracy, the judge remanded both the terrorists to judicial custody till October 21.
The judge observed that perusal of records reveals that the accused belongs to Pakistan based terrorist organisation JeM and they had been working to wage war against India.