The driver, who ferried the four Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) members to Pampore where they ambushed a 52-seater CRPF bus killing eight personnel, was gunned down in an encounter with the security forces on June 30 at Newa village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Manzoor Ahmad Dar, 22, of Gundibagh-Kakpora village of Pulwama had picked up the fidayeen group from Baba-Reshi area, 57 km northwest of from here, two days before the deadly attack in Pampore on June 25.
“Manzoor had become an active militant two weeks before his death as per the report filed by his parents. He was killed along with a Pakistani militant on June 30 at Newa village,” Pulwama Superintendent of Police Muhammad Rayees Bhat told The Tribune.
“His role in the Pampore attack is established. He ferried the LeT militants from Baba-Reshi,” Bhat said.
Sources said that Dar was a close associate of LeT militant Ayub Lone, who has been active in Pulwama for the last one year.
Dar brought them in a white Sumo vehicle from Baba-Reshi to Qamarwari locality of Srinagar via Bandipora area before they struck at Pampore, the sources said. “We are investigating the missing link that how the group reached Pampore from Qamarwari,” senior police officials said.
The police have recovered the Sumo, bearing registration number JK13-6773, from Qamarwari.
Two of the fidayeen were killed in the Pampore standoff while as another one Abu Ayan – a Pakistani national — was killed along with Dar on June 30 at Newa village. “The remaining one member of the fidayeen group is hiding in south Kashmir and we have launched a manhunt to nab him,” they said.
The sources said the fidayeen group had infiltrated into the Kashmir valley through the Gulmarg-Boniyar belt five days before the Pampore attack. “They stayed in Baba-Reshi forests for one day and were moved out in the Sumo vehicle,” the sources said.
Following the Pampore attack, a three-member team of the Ministry of Home Affairs visited Kashmir and found “gaps” in the road opening procedure (ROP) on the strategic Srinagar-Jammu national highway.
The MHA team visited Pampore and Bijbehara in south Kashmir, the scenes of the recent deadly highway attacks in Kashmir, and interviewed officials linked to the investigation of the case.
Manzoor Ahmad Dar, 22, of Gundibagh-Kakpora village of Pulwama had picked up the fidayeen group from Baba-Reshi area, 57 km northwest of from here, two days before the deadly attack in Pampore on June 25.
“Manzoor had become an active militant two weeks before his death as per the report filed by his parents. He was killed along with a Pakistani militant on June 30 at Newa village,” Pulwama Superintendent of Police Muhammad Rayees Bhat told The Tribune.
“His role in the Pampore attack is established. He ferried the LeT militants from Baba-Reshi,” Bhat said.
Sources said that Dar was a close associate of LeT militant Ayub Lone, who has been active in Pulwama for the last one year.
Dar brought them in a white Sumo vehicle from Baba-Reshi to Qamarwari locality of Srinagar via Bandipora area before they struck at Pampore, the sources said. “We are investigating the missing link that how the group reached Pampore from Qamarwari,” senior police officials said.
The police have recovered the Sumo, bearing registration number JK13-6773, from Qamarwari.
Two of the fidayeen were killed in the Pampore standoff while as another one Abu Ayan – a Pakistani national — was killed along with Dar on June 30 at Newa village. “The remaining one member of the fidayeen group is hiding in south Kashmir and we have launched a manhunt to nab him,” they said.
The sources said the fidayeen group had infiltrated into the Kashmir valley through the Gulmarg-Boniyar belt five days before the Pampore attack. “They stayed in Baba-Reshi forests for one day and were moved out in the Sumo vehicle,” the sources said.
Following the Pampore attack, a three-member team of the Ministry of Home Affairs visited Kashmir and found “gaps” in the road opening procedure (ROP) on the strategic Srinagar-Jammu national highway.
The MHA team visited Pampore and Bijbehara in south Kashmir, the scenes of the recent deadly highway attacks in Kashmir, and interviewed officials linked to the investigation of the case.
