Srinagar, Aug 13: After evading police for 35 years, a terrorist answerable for the 1991 Jammu railway station bomb blast was arrested in Anantnag district, police mentioned on Thursday.
Police mentioned accused Altaf Hussain Sheikh was introduced earlier than the TADA Court docket, and additional authorized proceedings shall be initiated.
They mentioned Sheikh had hid his identification and been dwelling as a businessman.
In keeping with the police, aSheikh, together with three different accomplices, carried out the bombing at platform #1, killing three individuals, together with two paramilitary personnel, and injuring 18 civilians.
Whereas one operative, Aman Ullah Khan, was arrested on the day of the blast, the opposite three went into hiding.
On Thursday, the Jammu Railway Police traced Sheikh to Anantnag and arrested him.
“Railway (GRP) Police Jammu arrests an absconding terrorist booked underneath the Terrorist and Disruptive Actions (Prevention) Act. Altaf Hussain Sheikh, son of Nazir Ahmed Sheikh, resident of Marhama-Bijbehara, Anantnag, after an extended chase of 35 years, initially went underground and was dwelling with a hid identification for a number of a long time,” police mentioned in an announcement.
“In the course of the investigation, one accused, Aman Ullah Khan, was arrested, whereas three different accused individuals escaped and couldn’t be arrested at the moment and had been declared absconders by the involved courtroom,” the police mentioned.
Police mentioned that the Railway police intensified their manhunt over the previous two years, ultimately discovering him disguised as a profitable businessman within the Bijbehara space.
“ Within the final two years, the railway police, Jammu, launched an intensive manhunt and recognized the accused Altaf Hussain Sheikh, verified his identification by minutely going into particulars of his identification and residential particulars and found him dwelling underneath a hid identification, establishing himself as a profitable businessman within the Bijbehara space,” it mentioned.
“Lengthy pursuit by the police group introduced outcomes, and the accused answerable for the demise of harmless individuals was arrested and produced earlier than the TADA Court docket on thirteenth August 2026 for additional authorized proceedings,” the police mentioned.
